A Time-of-Check to Time-of-Use (TOCTOU) vulnerability exists in the mv utility of uutils coreutils during cross-device moves. The extended attribute (xattr) preservation logic uses multiple path-based system calls that perform fresh path-to-inode lookups for each operation. A local attacker with write access to the directory can exploit this race to swap files between calls, causing the destination file to receive an inconsistent mix of security xattrs, such as SELinux labels or file capabilities.
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| https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/issues/10014 |
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Wed, 22 Apr 2026 16:30:00 +0000
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| Description | A Time-of-Check to Time-of-Use (TOCTOU) vulnerability exists in the mv utility of uutils coreutils during cross-device moves. The extended attribute (xattr) preservation logic uses multiple path-based system calls that perform fresh path-to-inode lookups for each operation. A local attacker with write access to the directory can exploit this race to swap files between calls, causing the destination file to receive an inconsistent mix of security xattrs, such as SELinux labels or file capabilities. | |
| Title | uutils coreutils mv Security Xattr TOCTOU Race in Cross-Device | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-367 | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: canonical
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Updated: 2026-04-22T16:08:12.301Z
Reserved: 2026-04-02T12:58:56.087Z
Link: CVE-2026-35354
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Status : Received
Published: 2026-04-22T17:16:37.867
Modified: 2026-04-22T17:16:37.867
Link: CVE-2026-35354
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