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Type: advisorySources: OSVAdvisory ID: UBUNTU-CVE-2026-76642

util-linux versions through 2.41.5 and 2.42.2 fail to check mount helper exit status before running post-mount hooks, allowing unprivileged users to execute privileged operations on pre-existing filesystems. Attackers can exploit X-mount.idmap or X-mount.owner hooks to clone filesystems with inherited suid bits or modify target inode permissions after a helper fails, achieving privilege escalation.

Products
util-linux
Affected versions
2.20.1-5.1ubuntu10, 2.20.1-5.1ubuntu11, 2.20.1-5.1ubuntu12, 2.20.1-5.1ubuntu13, 2.20.1-5.1ubuntu14, 2.20.1-5.1ubuntu15, 2.20.1-5.1ubuntu16, 2.20.1-5.1ubuntu17, 2.20.1-5.1ubuntu18, 2.20.1-5.1ubuntu19, 2.20.1-5.1ubuntu20, 2.20.1-5.1ubuntu20.1, 2.20.1-5.1ubuntu20.2, 2.20.1-5.1ubuntu20.3, 2.20.1-5.1ubuntu20.4, 2.20.1-5.1ubuntu20.6, 2.20.1-5.1ubuntu20.7, 2.20.1-5.1ubuntu20.9, 2.20.1-5.1ubuntu9, 2.26.2-6ubuntu3, 2.27-3ubuntu1, 2.27.1-1ubuntu2, 2.27.1-1ubuntu3, 2.27.1-1ubuntu4, 2.27.1-3ubuntu1, 2.27.1-4ubuntu1, 2.27.1-6ubuntu1, 2.27.1-6ubuntu2, 2.27.1-6ubuntu3, 2.27.1-6ubuntu3.1, 2.27.1-6ubuntu3.10, 2.27.1-6ubuntu3.10+esm2, 2.27.1-6ubuntu3.2, 2.27.1-6ubuntu3.3, 2.27.1-6ubuntu3.4, 2.27.1-6ubuntu3.6, 2.27.1-6ubuntu3.7, 2.27.1-6ubuntu3.8, 2.27.1-6ubuntu3.9, 2.30.1-0ubuntu4, 2.30.2-0.1ubuntu1, 2.30.2-0.1ubuntu2, 2.30.2-0.1ubuntu3, 2.31.1-0.4ubuntu2, 2.31.1-0.4ubuntu3, 2.31.1-0.4ubuntu3.1, 2.31.1-0.4ubuntu3.2, 2.31.1-0.4ubuntu3.3, 2.31.1-0.4ubuntu3.4, 2.31.1-0.4ubuntu3.5, 2.31.1-0.4ubuntu3.6, 2.31.1-0.4ubuntu3.7, 2.34-0.1ubuntu2, 2.34-0.1ubuntu4, 2.34-0.1ubuntu5, 2.34-0.1ubuntu6, 2.34-0.1ubuntu7, 2.34-0.1ubuntu8, 2.34-0.1ubuntu9, 2.34-0.1ubuntu9.1, 2.34-0.1ubuntu9.3, 2.34-0.1ubuntu9.4, 2.34-0.1ubuntu9.5, 2.34-0.1ubuntu9.6, 2.34-0.1ubuntu9.6+esm1, 2.36.1-8ubuntu1, 2.37.2-4ubuntu1, 2.37.2-4ubuntu2, 2.37.2-4ubuntu3, 2.37.2-4ubuntu3.3, 2.37.2-4ubuntu3.4, 2.37.2-4ubuntu3.5, 2.37.2-4ubuntu3.6, 2.39.1-4ubuntu2, 2.39.2-6ubuntu1, 2.39.3-6ubuntu2, 2.39.3-9ubuntu2, 2.39.3-9ubuntu4, 2.39.3-9ubuntu6, 2.39.3-9ubuntu6.1, 2.39.3-9ubuntu6.2, 2.39.3-9ubuntu6.3, 2.39.3-9ubuntu6.4, 2.39.3-9ubuntu6.5, 2.39.3-9ubuntu6.6, 2.41-4ubuntu4, 2.41.2-4ubuntu1, 2.41.2-4ubuntu2, 2.41.2-4ubuntu3, 2.41.3-3ubuntu1, 2.41.3-3ubuntu2, 2.41.3-3ubuntu2.2, 2.42.2-1ubuntu2
Fixed versions
Not specified
CVEs
CVE-2026-76642
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
31 Oct 2026, 03:18 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

UBUNTU-CVE-2026-76642

core-osv · Original source

Published 3 Sept 2026, 13:06 UTC

util-linux versions through 2.41.5 and 2.42.2 fail to check mount helper exit status before running post-mount hooks, allowing unprivileged users to execute privileged operations on pre-existing filesystems. Attackers can exploit X-mount.idmap or X-mount.owner hooks to clone filesystems with inherited suid bits or modify target inode permissions after a helper fails, achieving privilege escalation.

osv:UBUNTU-CVE-2026-76642

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Complete source record
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