CVE-2026-79619 — OpenZFS: user-namespace capability check allows unprivileged local authorization bypass
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 a…
Published: 2026-08-26 · CVSS: 7.3 · CVSS 4.0
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.
Source: CVE Program · Revision 8b16575c39f1e1810c5e863010da073d2d3285e7