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High · 7.3 CVE-2026-79619 EUVD-2026-66419GHSA-5v2p-vxxv-r62r

OpenZFS: user-namespace capability check allows unprivileged local authorization bypass

Published Aug 26, 2026 · Updated Aug 27, 2026 · Assigned by canonical

Description

On Linux, several OpenZFS ioctl authorization checks accept a capability held only within a user-created, unprivileged namespace as equivalent to real host privilege, allowing an unprivileged local user to perform operations that should require root. Affected operations include pool-administrative operations (eg create, import, destroy), pool event log access (zpool events) and fault injection (zinject). Exploiting the problem requires only that the local user is permitted to open /dev/zfs (governed by local device permissions) and that the kernel permits unprivileged user namespace creation. No prior access to the target pool or its underlying devices is needed.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
OpenZFS OpenZFS 0.7.0 – < 2.2.11, 2.3.0 – < 2.3.9, 2.4.0 – < 2.4.4 2.2.11

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 zfs-linux 2.4.4-1 —
Debian 13 zfs-linux 2.3.9-0+deb13u1 —
Debian 12 zfs-linux No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS zfs-linux 2.4.1-1ubuntu5.1 USN-8705-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS zfs-linux 2.2.2-0ubuntu9.5 USN-8705-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS zfs-linux 2.1.5-1ubuntu6~22.04.7 USN-8705-1
Show 2 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS zfs-linux 0.8.3-1ubuntu12.18+esm1 USN-8705-2
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS zfs-linux 0.7.5-1ubuntu16.12+esm1 USN-8705-2

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