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LOW 3.4

GHSA-r9hw-mj3w-phcq

mknod: Device nodes created mislabeled on SELinux, with broken cleanup (remove_dir on a node)

Details

uutils calls `mknod` *before* setting the SELinux context (GNU uses `setfscreatecon` first, labeling atomically). If `set_selinux_security_context` fails, cleanup uses `std::fs::remove_dir`, which cannot remove device nodes or FIFOs, leaving the mislabeled node behind.

**Impact:** on SELinux-enforcing systems the node is created with the wrong context; the command reports failure but leaves a mislabeled device node that may bypass mandatory access control, and orphaned nodes can persist across reboots. Recommendation: use `setfscreatecon` before `mknod`, abort on failure, and use `remove_file` for cleanup.

**Remediation:** Acknowledged by Canonical.

--- _Reported by Zellic in the *uutils coreutils Program Security Assessment* (prepared for Canonical, Jan 20 2026), audited commit `3a07ffc5a9bd4c283e75afa548ba1f1957bad242`. Finding 3.58. Credit: Zellic._

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Affected packages

crates.io / uu_mknod
Introduced in: 0 Fixed in: 0.6.0

Upgrade uu_mknod to 0.6.0 or newer (ecosystem crates.io).

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