Vulnerability · Published Oct 23, 2026 · Assigned by Linux

CVE-2026-99052selinux: preserve NATIVE_LABELS on already-initialized sb in set_mnt_opts

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In plain English

A 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 0.2% (higher than 7% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS )–Not rated
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 92.7% 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: selinux: preserve NATIVE_LABELS on already-initialized sb in set_mnt_opts When an NFSv4 filesystem exported with security_label is mounted a second time, sget_fc() returns the existing superblock and nfs_get_root() calls security_sb_set_mnt_opts() again on it. Since the superblock is already SB_INITIALIZED, selinux_set_mnt_opts() takes an early exit without setting SECURITY_LSM_NATIVE_LABELS in *set_kern_flags. nfs_get_root() then sees kflags without SECURITY_LSM_NATIVE_LABELS set and clears NFS_CAP_SECURITY_LABEL on the shared nfs_server, silently disabling per-file labeling for both the new and the original mount. Commit 3815a245b501 ("security/selinux: fix SECURITY_LSM_NATIVE_LABELS on reused superblock") fixed the same problem in selinux_sb_clone_mnt_opts(). The reused-superblock path for a plain second mount now goes through sb_set_mnt_opts rather than sb_clone_mnt_opts, so it needs the same treatment: on both SE_SBINITIALIZED early exits, set SECURITY_LSM_NATIVE_LABELS in *set_kern_flags when the superblock was already using SECURITY_FS_USE_NATVE.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:12linuxno fix listedDEBIAN-CVE-2026-99052
Debian:13linux6.12.113-1DEBIAN-CVE-2026-99052
Debian:14linux7.2.11-1DEBIAN-CVE-2026-99052
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinuxno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99052
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinuxno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99052
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinuxno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99052
Ubuntu:26.10linux7.3.0-10.10UBUNTU-CVE-2026-99052
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-allwinner-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99052
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-awsno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99052
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-awsno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99052
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-awsno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99052
Ubuntu:26.10linux-aws7.3.0-1004.4UBUNTU-CVE-2026-99052
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99052
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99052
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99052
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99052
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99052
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99052
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-aws-7.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99052
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azureno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99052
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azureno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99052
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-azureno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99052
Ubuntu:26.10linux-azureno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99052
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99052
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99052
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99052
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99052
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99052
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99052
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99052
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-7.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99052
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fdeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99052
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-fdeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99052
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-azure-fdeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99052
Ubuntu:26.10linux-azure-fdeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99052
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99052
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99052
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99052
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99052
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99052
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-7.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99052
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-nvidiano fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99052
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-nvidia-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99052
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcpno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99052
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcpno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99052
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-gcpno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99052
Ubuntu:26.10linux-gcp7.3.0-1004.4UBUNTU-CVE-2026-99052
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99052
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99052
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99052
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99052
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99052
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99052
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99052
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-7.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99052
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gkeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99052
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gkeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99052
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-gkeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99052
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gkeopno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99052
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gkeopno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99052
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99052
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99052
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99052
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99052
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99052
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99052
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99052
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-hwe-7.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99052
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-ibmno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99052
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-ibmno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99052
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-ibmno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99052
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-ibm-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99052
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iot-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99052
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iotgno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99052
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-kvmno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99052
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatencyno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99052
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-lowlatencyno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99052
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99052
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99052
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99052
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99052
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99052
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidiano fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99052
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidiano fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99052
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-nvidiano fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99052
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99052
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99052
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99052
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99052
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99052
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-7.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99052
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-bosno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99052
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-lowlatencyno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99052
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegrano fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99052
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegrano fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99052
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegra-igxno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99052
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-5.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99052
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99052
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.1no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99052
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99052
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99052
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99052
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99052
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99052
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-oem-7.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99052
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracleno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99052
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oracleno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99052
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-oracleno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99052
Ubuntu:26.10linux-oracle7.3.0-1004.4UBUNTU-CVE-2026-99052
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99052
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99052
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99052
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99052
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oracle-7.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99052
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-raspino fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99052
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspino fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99052
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-raspino fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99052
Ubuntu:26.10linux-raspi7.3.0-1004.4UBUNTU-CVE-2026-99052
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99052
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99052
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99052
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99052
Ubuntu:26.10linux-realtime7.3.0-10.10.1UBUNTU-CVE-2026-99052
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99052
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99052
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99052
Ubuntu:26.10linux-riscv7.3.0-10.10.1UBUNTU-CVE-2026-99052
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99052
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99052
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99052
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99052
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99052
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscv-7.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99052
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99052
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99052
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99052
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-vmwareno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99052
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-xilinxno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99052
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-xilinx-zynqmpno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-99052

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Linux Linux eb9ae686507bc5a5ca78e6b3fbe629cd5cc67864 – before 22987d24a159ed7df3cdc9090ca5d61e58df0caceb9ae686507bc5a5ca78e6b3fbe629cd5cc67864 – before 2f0f1f5a3b89c1ed67e39be49d29ee7f5c96e039eb9ae686507bc5a5ca78e6b3fbe629cd5cc67864 – before dc579e43b13cb65e55eabaae4f1a950e43567fb1eb9ae686507bc5a5ca78e6b3fbe629cd5cc67864 – before a545def625860d4ccedc14fe45e884a62a041cefeb9ae686507bc5a5ca78e6b3fbe629cd5cc67864 – before a6da93c625b3557dd23ff6db45d2d1bafeae1565eb9ae686507bc5a5ca78e6b3fbe629cd5cc67864 – before 5509d498e1b9edafebd5a60ba3cb9ecfda23dc2beb9ae686507bc5a5ca78e6b3fbe629cd5cc67864 – before c997832414f1d846de0a1fa38d7d4f62ba2ea917eb9ae686507bc5a5ca78e6b3fbe629cd5cc67864 – before 28b7260548af3d35773477993ad4e4de41578dd7
Linux Linux 3.11

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