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CVE-2025-71239

audit: add fchmodat2() to change attributes class

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Public Exploits

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*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

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Decision

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*SSVC
Descriptions

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.

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Timeline
  • 2026-02-18 CVE Reserved
  • 2026-03-17 CVE Published
  • 2026-03-17 CVE Updated
  • 2026-03-17 EPSS Updated
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  • ---------- KEV Due Date
  • ---------- First Exploit
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< 5.10.252
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Linux
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< 5.15.202
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Linux
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< 6.1.165
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Linux
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< 6.6.128
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Linux
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< 6.12.75
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Linux
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< 6.18.16
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Linux
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< 6.19.6
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Linux
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< 7.0-rc1
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