GHSA-h5q3-ggp6-vf4cMediumCVSS 5.5

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: audit: add fchmodat2() to...

Published
March 17, 2026
Last Modified
May 20, 2026

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📋 Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: audit: add fchmodat2() to change attributes class fchmodat2(), introduced in version 6.6 is currently not in the change attribute class of audit. Calling fchmodat2() to change a file attribute in the same fashion than chmod() or fchmodat() will bypass audit rules such as: -w /tmp/test -p rwa -k test_rwa The current patch adds fchmodat2() to the change attributes class.

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