Bug 2488532 (CVE-2026-54229) - CVE-2026-54229 abrt: ChownProblemDir succeeds during active post-create event processing due to inadequate locking
Summary: CVE-2026-54229 abrt: ChownProblemDir succeeds during active post-create event...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-54229
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Depends On: 2488617
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Reported: 2026-06-12 20:58 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-06-12 22:29 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-06-12 20:58:13 UTC
A race condition was found in the abrt-dbus D-Bus service's ChownProblemDir method. ChownProblemDir opens the dump directory with DD_OPEN_READONLY (which does not require a write lock) and calls dd_chown to change ownership of all files to the caller's uid. This succeeds even while post-create event handlers hold a write lock on the dump directory, because the read-only open does not conflict with the write lock. After ChownProblemDir, the attacker gains direct filesystem-level access to the dump directory (can delete files, create symlinks, etc.) while the already-running event shell process continues executing with root privileges in the abrt_handle_event_t SELinux domain.


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