Bug 2517022 (CVE-2026-74483)
| Summary: | CVE-2026-74483 kernel: binfmt_misc: don't leak the user namespace when the mount fails | ||
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| Product: | [Other] Security Response | Reporter: | OSIDB Bzimport <bzimport> |
| Component: | vulnerability | Assignee: | Product Security DevOps Team <prodsec-dev> |
| Status: | NEW --- | QA Contact: | |
| Severity: | low | Docs Contact: | |
| Priority: | low | ||
| Version: | unspecified | CC: | rhel-process-autobot, watson-tool-maintainers |
| Target Milestone: | --- | Keywords: | Security |
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| Hardware: | All | ||
| OS: | Linux | ||
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A flaw was found in the `binfmt_misc` component of the Linux kernel. An unprivileged local attacker, operating under specific memory constraints (a tight memory cgroup), could repeatedly trigger a failure in the `bm_fill_super()` function during a mount operation. This failure prevents the proper release of a user namespace reference, leading to a leak of one user namespace per attempt. This resource exhaustion can result in a denial of service (DoS) for the system.
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| Regression: | --- | Mount Type: | --- |
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| oVirt Team: | --- | RHEL 7.3 requirements from Atomic Host: | |
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Description
OSIDB Bzimport
2026-08-15 12:45:06 UTC
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