Upstream information

CVE-2026-78409 at MITRE

Description

The X-mount.subdir option uses a detached-tree fast path on Linux 6.15 and later and passes the configured subdirectory to open_tree() with AT_SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW. That flag does not stop intermediate symlink traversal or keep resolution inside the newly mounted filesystem. A local unprivileged user with an fstab-authorized X-mount.subdir entry can attach a host path at the intended mountpoint.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Pending

This issue is currently rated as having important severity.

CVSS v3 Scores
CVSS detail CNA (Red Hat) SUSE
Base Score 7 7.8
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector Local Local
Attack Complexity High Low
Privileges Required Low Low
User Interaction None None
Scope Unchanged Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact High High
Integrity Impact High High
Availability Impact High High
CVSSv3 Version 3.1 3.1
CVSS v4 Scores
CVSS detail SUSE
Base Score 8.5
Vector CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity Low
Attack Requirements None
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction None
Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact High
Vulnerable System Integrity Impact High
Vulnerable System Availability Impact High
Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact None
Subsequent System Integrity Impact None
Subsequent System Availability Impact None
CVSSv4 Version 4.0
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 1278346 [NEW]

No SUSE Security Announcements cross referenced.


Status of this issue by product and package

Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification. The updates are grouped by state of their lifecycle. SUSE product lifecycles are documented on the lifecycle page.

Product(s) Source package State
Products under general support and receiving all security fixes.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP7 util-linux Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3 util-linux Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4 util-linux Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5 util-linux Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP7 util-linux Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Server Applications 15 SP7 util-linux Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP7 util-linux Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0 util-linux Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.1 util-linux Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP7 util-linux Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications 16.0 util-linux Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications 16.1 util-linux Affected
SUSE Linux Micro 6.0 util-linux Not affected
SUSE Linux Micro 6.1 util-linux Not affected
SUSE Linux Micro 6.2 util-linux Not affected
openSUSE Leap 16.0 util-linux Not affected
Products under Long Term Service Pack support and receiving important and critical security fixes.
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5 util-linux Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-LTSS util-linux Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5 util-linux Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-LTSS util-linux Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP4 util-linux Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP5 util-linux Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP6 util-linux Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 util-linux Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5-LTSS util-linux Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 util-linux Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4-LTSS util-linux Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 util-linux Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5-LTSS util-linux Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 util-linux Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6-LTSS util-linux Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server LTSS Extended Security 12 SP5 util-linux Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 util-linux Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4 util-linux Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5 util-linux Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6 util-linux Not affected
Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore.
HPE Helion OpenStack 8 util-linux Not affected
SUSE CaaS Platform 3.0 util-linux Not affected
SUSE CaaS Platform 4.0 util-linux Not affected
SUSE Enterprise Storage 6 util-linux Not affected
SUSE Enterprise Storage 7 util-linux Not affected
SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1 util-linux Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3 util-linux Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP1 util-linux Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP2 util-linux Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP3 util-linux Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP4 util-linux Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP5 util-linux Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP6 util-linux Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP3 util-linux Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1 util-linux Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1-ESPOS util-linux Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1-LTSS util-linux Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2 util-linux Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-ESPOS util-linux Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-LTSS util-linux Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3 util-linux Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-ESPOS util-linux Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSS util-linux Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4 util-linux Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-ESPOS util-linux Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-ESPOS util-linux Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.0 util-linux Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.1 util-linux Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2 util-linux Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP1 util-linux Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP2 util-linux Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP3 util-linux Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP2 util-linux Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP3 util-linux Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP4 util-linux Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 util-linux Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-BCL util-linux Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-ESPOS util-linux Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-LTSS util-linux Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 util-linux Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1-BCL util-linux Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1-LTSS util-linux Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 util-linux Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2-BCL util-linux Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2-LTSS util-linux Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 util-linux Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3-BCL util-linux Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3-LTSS util-linux Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3 util-linux Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP1 util-linux Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP2 util-linux Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3 util-linux Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP3 util-linux Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP5 util-linux Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12 SP3 util-linux Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12 SP5 util-linux Not affected
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.0 util-linux Not affected
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.1 util-linux Not affected
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.2 util-linux Not affected
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.3 util-linux Not affected
SUSE Manager Proxy LTS 4.3 util-linux Not affected
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.0 util-linux Not affected
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.1 util-linux Not affected
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.2 util-linux Not affected
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.3 util-linux Not affected
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server LTS 4.3 util-linux Not affected
SUSE Manager Server 4.0 util-linux Not affected
SUSE Manager Server 4.1 util-linux Not affected
SUSE Manager Server 4.2 util-linux Not affected
SUSE Manager Server 4.3 util-linux Not affected
SUSE Manager Server LTS 4.3 util-linux Not affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8 util-linux Not affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8 util-linux Not affected
openSUSE Leap 15.3 util-linux Not affected
openSUSE Leap 15.4 util-linux Not affected
openSUSE Leap 15.5 util-linux Not affected
openSUSE Leap 15.6 util-linux Not affected
openSUSE Leap Micro 5.2 util-linux Not affected
openSUSE Leap Micro 5.3 util-linux Not affected
openSUSE Leap Micro 5.4 util-linux Not affected
openSUSE Leap Micro 5.5 util-linux Not affected


SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Thu Sep 3 13:57:11 2026
CVE page last modified: Mon Sep 7 15:48:13 2026