CVE-2026-43474

MEDIUM

fs: init flags_valid before calling vfs_fileattr_get

Title source: cna
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fs: init flags_valid before calling vfs_fileattr_get syzbot reported a uninit-value bug in [1]. Similar to the "*get" context where the kernel's internal file_kattr structure is initialized before calling vfs_fileattr_get(), we should use the same mechanism when using fa. [1] BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in fuse_fileattr_get+0xeb4/0x1450 fs/fuse/ioctl.c:517 fuse_fileattr_get+0xeb4/0x1450 fs/fuse/ioctl.c:517 vfs_fileattr_get fs/file_attr.c:94 [inline] __do_sys_file_getattr fs/file_attr.c:416 [inline] Local variable fa.i created at: __do_sys_file_getattr fs/file_attr.c:380 [inline] __se_sys_file_getattr+0x8c/0xbd0 fs/file_attr.c:372

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0001
EPSS Percentile 2.3%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-908
Status published
Products (13)
Linux/Linux < 6.17
Linux/Linux 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 - 379e19e820dd1c6145426b97467728b3b89c0b42
Linux/Linux 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 - b8c182b2c8c44c6016b11d8af61715ad7ef958a1
Linux/Linux 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 - cb184dd19154fc486fa3d9e02afe70a97e54e055
Linux/Linux 6.17
Linux/Linux 6.18.19 - 6.18.*
Linux/Linux 6.19.9 - 6.19.*
Linux/Linux 7.0
Linux/Linux be7efb2d20d67f334a7de2aef77ae6c69367e646 - 379e19e820dd1c6145426b97467728b3b89c0b42
Linux/Linux be7efb2d20d67f334a7de2aef77ae6c69367e646 - b8c182b2c8c44c6016b11d8af61715ad7ef958a1
... and 3 more
Published May 08, 2026
Tracked Since May 08, 2026