VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2025-71239

CVSS score5.5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.13%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2026-03-17
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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.

Weakness classification

  • nvd@nist.gov: NVD-CWE-noinfo

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