Vulnerability · Published May 27, 2026 · Assigned by Linux

CVE-2026-46057landlock: Fix LOG_SUBDOMAINS_OFF inheritance across fork()

Low 3.3

In plain English

A low-severity security flaw in Linux from Linux. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.1% (higher than 2% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS NVD)3.3Low
Exploit odds (30 days)0.1%top 98.3% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: landlock: Fix LOG_SUBDOMAINS_OFF inheritance across fork() hook_cred_transfer() only copies the Landlock security blob when the source credential has a domain. This is inconsistent with landlock_restrict_self() which can set LOG_SUBDOMAINS_OFF on a credential without creating a domain (via the ruleset_fd=-1 path): the field is committed but not preserved across fork() because the child's prepare_creds() calls hook_cred_transfer() which skips the copy when domain is NULL. This breaks the documented use case where a process mutes subdomain logs before forking sandboxed children: the children lose the muting and their domains produce unexpected audit records. Fix this by unconditionally copying the Landlock credential blob.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:14linux7.0.4-1DEBIAN-CVE-2026-46057
Ubuntu:25.10linuxno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-46057
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux7.0.0-27.27UBUNTU-CVE-2026-46057
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-allwinner-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-46057
Ubuntu:25.10linux-awsno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-46057
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-aws7.0.0-1008.8UBUNTU-CVE-2026-46057
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-46057
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-46057
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-46057
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-46057
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-46057
Ubuntu:25.10linux-azureno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-46057
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-azure7.0.0-1010.10UBUNTU-CVE-2026-46057
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-46057
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-46057
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-46057
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-46057
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-46057
Ubuntu:25.10linux-azure-fdeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-46057
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde7.0.0-1009.9UBUNTU-CVE-2026-46057
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-46057
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-46057
Ubuntu:25.10linux-gcpno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-46057
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-gcp7.0.0-1007.7UBUNTU-CVE-2026-46057
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-46057
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-46057
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-46057
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-46057
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-46057
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-46057
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-46057
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-46057
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-46057
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-46057
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-46057
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-46057
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-hwe-7.07.0.0-28.28~24.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2026-46057
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-ibm7.0.0-1009.9UBUNTU-CVE-2026-46057
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iot-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-46057
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-46057
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-46057
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-46057
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-46057
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-nvidia7.0.0-1013.13UBUNTU-CVE-2026-46057
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-46057
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-46057
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-46057
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-46057
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-5.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-46057
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-46057
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.1no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-46057
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-46057
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-46057
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-46057
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-46057
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-46057
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-oem-7.07.0.0-1008.8UBUNTU-CVE-2026-46057
Ubuntu:25.10linux-oracleno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-46057
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-oracle7.0.0-1007.7UBUNTU-CVE-2026-46057
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-46057
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-46057
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-46057
Ubuntu:25.10linux-raspino fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-46057
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-raspi7.0.0-1014.14UBUNTU-CVE-2026-46057
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-46057
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-46057
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-46057
Ubuntu:25.10linux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-46057
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-realtime7.0.0-27.27.1UBUNTU-CVE-2026-46057
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-46057
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-46057
Ubuntu:25.10linux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-46057
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-riscv7.0.0-27.27.1UBUNTU-CVE-2026-46057
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-46057
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-46057
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-46057
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-46057
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-46057
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-46057
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-46057

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Linux Linux ead9079f75696a028aea8860787770c80eddb8f9 – before 2fcde49092aac55d5beef43fdd3633217672f7d1ead9079f75696a028aea8860787770c80eddb8f9 – before 1c513b8a00df13d231021e74ad92babb3fedf64aead9079f75696a028aea8860787770c80eddb8f9 – before 874c8f83826c95c62c21d9edfe9ef43e5c346724
Linux Linux 6.15

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