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nstree: check listing permission before taking a namespace reference

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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nstree: check listing permission before taking a namespace reference legitimize_ns() takes a reference on the candidate namespace before may_list_ns() has decided whether the caller may see it. The __free(ns_put) cleanup on the denied path can drop the last reference to a mount namespace while we still hold the rcu read lock, and put_mnt_ns() may sleep there. This is the same problem commit 2ec2aff3c8e2 ("ns: make sure reference are dropped outside of rcu lock") fixed for the put_user() path. Neither ns_requested() nor may_list_ns() needs a reference, both only look at the namespace type and at the caller's own namespaces, so do the checks first and take the reference last. Splat: Voluntary context switch within RCU read-side critical section! WARNING: kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h:332 at rcu_note_context_switch+0x238/0x2a0, CPU#5: a/3442 CPU: 5 UID: 1000 PID: 3442 Comm: a Not tainted 7.0.0-30-generic #30-Ubuntu PREEMPT(lazy) RIP: 0010:rcu_note_context_switch+0x238/0x2a0 Call Trace: __schedule+0xcf/0x650 schedule+0x27/0x90 schedule_preempt_disabled+0x15/0x30 __mutex_lock.constprop.0+0x550/0xaf0 __mutex_lock_slowpath+0x13/0x20 mutex_lock+0x3b/0x50 exp_funnel_lock+0xb2/0x260 synchronize_rcu_expedited+0xe7/0x220 namespace_unlock+0x26a/0x320 put_mnt_ns+0xd3/0x120 mntns_put+0xe/0x20 do_listns+0x13e/0x560 __do_sys_listns+0x126/0x2d0 __x64_sys_listns+0x20/0x30 x64_sys_call+0x2366/0x2390 do_syscall_64+0x105/0x5a0 entry_SY

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CVE-2026-97971

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    "vendor": "Linux",
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      },
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      },
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        "lessThanOrEqual": "*"
      }
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CVE-2026-97971

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