CVE-2026-27456— util-linux: TOCTOU Race Condition in util-linux mount(8) - Loop Device Setup

util-linux: TOCTOU Race Condition in util-linux mount(8) - Loop Device Setup

util-linux is a random collection of Linux utilities. Prior to version 2.41.4, a TOCTOU (Time-of-Check-Time-of-Use) vulnerability has been identified in the SUID binary /usr/bin/mount from util-linux. The mount binary, when setting up loop devices, validates the source file path with user privileges via fork() + setuid() + realpath(), but subsequently re-canonicalizes and opens it with root privileges (euid=0) without verifying that the path has not been replaced between both operations. Neither O_NOFOLLOW, nor inode comparison, nor post-open fstat() are employed. This allows a local unprivileged user to replace the source file with a symlink pointing to any root-owned file or device during the race window, causing the SUID binary to open and mount it as root. Exploitation requires an /etc/fstab entry with user,loop options whose path points to a directory where the attacker has write permission, and that /usr/bin/mount has the SUID bit set (the default configuration on virtually all Linux distributions). The impact is unauthorized read access to root-protected files and block devices, including backup images, disk volumes, and any file containing a valid filesystem. This issue has been patched in version 2.41.4.

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

在文件访问前对链接解析不恰当(链接跟随)

util-linux 安全漏洞

util-linux是util-linux开源的一个软件包。 util-linux 2.41.4之前版本存在安全漏洞，该漏洞源于SUID二进制文件mount存在TOCTOU竞争条件，可能导致未经授权的文件访问。

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