Medium 5.5Published Mar 17, 2026

CVE-2025-71239audit: add fchmodat2() to change attributes class

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 27, 2026, 8:40 AM ET)

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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: audit: add fchmodat2() to change attributes class fchmodat2(), introduced in version 6.6 is currently not in the change attribute class of audit. Calling fchmodat2() to change a file attribute in the same fashion than chmod() or fchmodat() will bypass audit rules such as: -w /tmp/test -p rwa -k test_rwa The current patch adds fchmodat2() to the change attributes class.

CVSS: 5.5 MEDIUM (v3.1, NVD)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness (CWE): Not given
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: Linux
NVD analysis: Analyzed
Record last updated: May 11, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

Linux Linux linux:linux (from the name)	from 09da082b07bbae1c11d9560c8502800039aebcea before 91e27bc79c3bca93c06bf5a471d47df9a35b3741; 09da082b07bbae1c11d9560c8502800039aebcea builds before 3e762a03713e8c25ca0108c075d662c897fc0623; 09da082b07bbae1c11d9560c8502800039aebcea builds before 4fed776ca86378da7dd743a7b648e20b025ba8ef; from 09da082b07bbae1c11d9560c8502800039aebcea before c4334c0d0e7d6f02ed93756fd4ba807e3d00c05f; 09da082b07bbae1c11d9560c8502800039aebcea builds before 4f493a6079b588cf1f04ce5ed6cdad45ab0d53dc	CNA record
linux linux_kernel linux:linux_kernel	from 6.6 before 6.6.128; from 6.7 before 6.12.75; from 6.13 before 6.18.16; from 6.19 before 6.19.6	NVD

References

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/91e27bc79c3bca93c06bf5a471d47df9a35b3741	patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3e762a03713e8c25ca0108c075d662c897fc0623	patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4fed776ca86378da7dd743a7b648e20b025ba8ef	patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c4334c0d0e7d6f02ed93756fd4ba807e3d00c05f	patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4f493a6079b588cf1f04ce5ed6cdad45ab0d53dc	patch
https://www.bencteux.fr/posts/missing_syscalls_audit/	third-party-advisory

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