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The posix acl tag covers discussions about POSIX Access Control Lists in Linux filesystems, particularly in the context of security vulnerabilities and kernel bugs. Recent content highlights CVE-2025-22070, a NULL-pointer dereference in the Linux kernel's 9p (v9fs) client that crashes when creating subdirectories under mounted 9p trees using POSIX ACL defaults. This issue affects unpatched kernels and long-tail vendor images, with a fix available upstream. The tag is relevant for system administrators, security professionals, and developers working with Linux filesystem permissions, virtualization, and container environments where 9p is used for host-guest file sharing.
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    CVE-2025-22070: Linux 9p mkdir crash with default ACLs

    A subtle ordering bug in the Linux kernel’s 9p (v9fs) client can crash a system when creating subdirectories under mounted 9p trees that use POSIX ACL defaults — the defect tracked as CVE‑2025‑22070 is a NULL‑pointer dereference in fs/9p’s mkdir path that has been fixed upstream but remains an...
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