CVE-2025-71239
audit: add fchmodat2() to change attributes class
CVSS Score
0.0
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: audit: add fchmodat2() to change attributes class fchmodat2(), introduced in version 6.6 is currently not in the change attribute class of audit. Calling fchmodat2() to change a file attribute in the same fashion than chmod() or fchmodat() will bypass audit rules such as: -w /tmp/test -p rwa -k test_rwa The current patch adds fchmodat2() to the change attributes class.
| Vendor | linux |
| Product | linux |
| Ecosystems | |
| Industries | Technology |
| Published | Mar 17, 2026 |
| Last Updated | Apr 13, 2026 |
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Affected Versions
Linux / Linux
09da082b07bbae1c11d9560c8502800039aebcea < 91e27bc79c3bca93c06bf5a471d47df9a35b3741 09da082b07bbae1c11d9560c8502800039aebcea < 3e762a03713e8c25ca0108c075d662c897fc0623 09da082b07bbae1c11d9560c8502800039aebcea < 4fed776ca86378da7dd743a7b648e20b025ba8ef 09da082b07bbae1c11d9560c8502800039aebcea < c4334c0d0e7d6f02ed93756fd4ba807e3d00c05f 09da082b07bbae1c11d9560c8502800039aebcea < 4f493a6079b588cf1f04ce5ed6cdad45ab0d53dc
Linux / Linux
6.6
References
git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/91e27bc79c3bca93c06bf5a471d47df9a35b3741 git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3e762a03713e8c25ca0108c075d662c897fc0623 git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4fed776ca86378da7dd743a7b648e20b025ba8ef git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c4334c0d0e7d6f02ed93756fd4ba807e3d00c05f git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4f493a6079b588cf1f04ce5ed6cdad45ab0d53dc bencteux.fr: https://www.bencteux.fr/posts/missing_syscalls_audit/