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

Published Oct 23, 2026
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Updated

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

selinux: preserve NATIVELABELS on already-initialized sb in setmntopts

When an NFSv4 filesystem exported with securitylabel is mounted a second time, sgetfc() returns the existing superblock and nfsgetroot() calls securitysbsetmntopts() again on it. Since the superblock is already SBINITIALIZED, selinuxsetmntopts() takes an early exit without setting SECURITYLSMNATIVELABELS in setkernflags. nfsgetroot() then sees kflags without SECURITYLSMNATIVELABELS set and clears NFSCAPSECURITYLABEL on the shared nfsserver, silently disabling per-file labeling for both the new and the original mount.

Commit 3815a245b501 ("security/selinux: fix SECURITYLSMNATIVELABELS on reused superblock") fixed the same problem in selinuxsbclonemntopts(). The reused-superblock path for a plain second mount now goes through sbsetmntopts rather than sbclonemntopts, so it needs the same treatment: on both SESBINITIALIZED early exits, set SECURITYLSMNATIVELABELS in setkernflags when the superblock was already using SECURITYFSUSENATVE.

Affected Software

1 affected component
Linux Linux kernel

Remediation

Recommended actions to resolve this vulnerability, in priority order.

  1. Upgrade

    Upgrade to a fixed release to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Patch 3815a245b501

Event History

Oct 23, 2026
CVE Published
via MITRE·12:22 PM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·12:22 PM
Description

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