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dcache: don't put a mountpoint on a dentry that's being removed

Assessment

Severity
Low
CVSS base score
2.5CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Impact
Not stated
EPSS, next 30 days
Not scored yet
Public exploit code
No Nuclei template lists it
Exploitability
Not assessed
Publicly disclosed
No
Customer action
Required: apply the update
Component
Mariner
Weakness
—
Issued by
Linux
Published
24 Oct 2026 · October 2026
Last revised
26 Oct 2026Information published.
CVSS 3.1 base metricsRed raises the risk · green lowers it
Attack vector
LocalAV:L
Attack complexity
HighAC:H
Privileges required
LowPR:L
User interaction
NoneUI:N
Scope
UnchangedS:U
Confidentiality
NoneC:N
Integrity
NoneI:N
Availability
LowA:L

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Affected products

1 affected product
  • azl3 kernel 6.6.157.1-1 on Azure Linux 3.0
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cve-program · CVE-2026-98984

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dcache: don't put a mountpoint on a dentry that's being removed

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dcache: don't put a mountpoint on a dentry that's being removed rmdir(), unlink() and rename() call dont_mount() on the victim and then detach_mounts() with the victim's inode locked. do_lock_mount() takes the inode lock of the mountpoint and checks cant_mount() so a mount can't show up after detach_mounts(). But attach_recursive_mnt() makes a second mountpoint for the root of the source mount so that the mounts already located at the destination can be put on top of it. No inode is locked for that one and d_set_mounted() only refuses a dentry that is unlinked. Between detach_mounts() and d_delete() the victim is still hashed: rmrace: b passed dont_mount() and detach_mounts(), sleeping T2: move_mount(S, /tmp/plcant/x, BENEATH) = 0 errno 0 () T1: rmdir(/tmp/plcant/d/b) = 0 errno 0 109 107 0:61 /d/b//deleted /tmp/plcant/x rw,relatime - tmpfs tmpfs rw 108 109 0:63 / /tmp/plcant/x rw,relatime - tmpfs T rw A bind mount of the directory that's being removed is moved beneath an existing mount while the rmdir() is located between the two calls. The mount ends up on the removed directory and nothing will ever detach it. Check cant_mount() in d_set_mounted() as well. dont_mount() raises the flag under d_lock before detach_mounts() runs so either the mountpoint is set first and detach_mounts() finds the mount or the flag is seen and the mount is refused.

Source published
23 Oct 2026 12:20:02 UTC
Source modified
23 Oct 2026 12:20:02 UTC
Observed here
23 Oct 2026 16:01:20 UTC
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