Bug 2468193 (CVE-2026-43474)

Summary:	CVE-2026-43474 kernel: fs: init flags_valid before calling vfs_fileattr_get
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	OSIDB Bzimport <bzimport>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Product Security <prodsec-ir-bot>
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Doc Text:	A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's fuse filesystem. A local user could exploit an uninitialized value vulnerability when calling `vfs_fileattr_get`. This could potentially lead to information disclosure or system instability.	Story Points:	---
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-05-08 15:04:01 UTC

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

fs: init flags_valid before calling vfs_fileattr_get

syzbot reported a uninit-value bug in [1].

Similar to the "*get" context where the kernel's internal file_kattr
structure is initialized before calling vfs_fileattr_get(), we should
use the same mechanism when using fa.

[1]
BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in fuse_fileattr_get+0xeb4/0x1450 fs/fuse/ioctl.c:517
 fuse_fileattr_get+0xeb4/0x1450 fs/fuse/ioctl.c:517
 vfs_fileattr_get fs/file_attr.c:94 [inline]
 __do_sys_file_getattr fs/file_attr.c:416 [inline]

Local variable fa.i created at:
 __do_sys_file_getattr fs/file_attr.c:380 [inline]
 __se_sys_file_getattr+0x8c/0xbd0 fs/file_attr.c:372

Comment 1 Keith Grant 2026-05-09 02:03:58 UTC

Upstream advisory:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2026050806-CVE-2026-43474-36a6@gregkh/T