Unscored severity · published Oct 23, 2026
CVE-2026-99052
selinux: preserve NATIVE_LABELS on already-initialized sb in set_mnt_opts
New
–
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
selinux: preserve NATIVE_LABELS on already-initialized sb in set_mnt_opts
When an NFSv4 filesystem exported with security_label is mounted a
second time, sget_fc() returns the existing superblock and
nfs_get_root() calls security_sb_set_mnt_opts() again on it. Since the
superblock is already SB_INITIALIZED, selinux_set_mnt_opts() takes an
early exit without setting SECURITY_LSM_NATIVE_LABELS in
*set_kern_flags. nfs_get_root() then sees kflags without
SECURITY_LSM_NATIVE_LABELS set and clears NFS_CAP_SECURITY_LABEL on
the shared nfs_server, silently disabling per-file labeling for both
the new and the original mount.
Commit 3815a245b501 ("security/selinux: fix SECURITY_LSM_NATIVE_LABELS
on reused superblock") fixed the same problem in
selinux_sb_clone_mnt_opts(). The reused-superblock path for a plain
second mount now goes through sb_set_mnt_opts rather than
sb_clone_mnt_opts, so it needs the same treatment: on both
SE_SBINITIALIZED early exits, set SECURITY_LSM_NATIVE_LABELS in
*set_kern_flags when the superblock was already using
SECURITY_FS_USE_NATVE.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 6% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
LI
Linux · Linux
eb9ae686507bc5a5ca78e6b3fbe629cd5cc67864 before a545def625860d4ccedc14fe45e884a62a041cef; eb9ae686507bc5a5ca78e6b3fbe629cd5cc67864 before a6da93c625b3557dd23ff6db45d2d1bafeae1565; eb9ae686507bc5a5ca78e6b3fbe629cd5cc67864 before 5509d498e1b9edafebd5a60ba3cb9ecfda23dc2b; eb9ae686507bc5a5ca78e6b3fbe629cd5cc67864 before c997832414f1d846de0a1fa38d7d4f62ba2ea917; eb9ae686507bc5a5ca78e6b3fbe629cd5cc67864 before 28b7260548af3d35773477993ad4e4de41578dd7; 3.11 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-99052
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-99052
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/28b7260548af3d35773477993ad4e4de41578dd7
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5509d498e1b9edafebd5a60ba3cb9ecfda23dc2b
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a545def625860d4ccedc14fe45e884a62a041cef
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a6da93c625b3557dd23ff6db45d2d1bafeae1565
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c997832414f1d846de0a1fa38d7d4f62ba2ea917
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