The dd utility in uutils coreutils suppresses errors during file truncation operations by unconditionally calling Result::ok() on truncation attempts. While intended to mimic GNU behavior for special files like /dev/null, the uutils implementation also hides failures on regular files and directories caused by full disks or read-only file systems. This can lead to silent data corruption in backup or migration scripts, as the utility may report a successful operation even when the destination file contains old or garbage data.
Fix
Nothing published yet: no patch, vendor advisory or mitigation reference on NVD, no vendor advisory in the News for this CVE, not in CISA's KEV, no fixed package version. BaselineWatch does not guess at one.
Change history 1
- First seenCVSS 3.3 · uutilsNVD modified 2026-10-26 00:10
Affected (CPE criteria) 1
cpe:2.3:a:uutils:coreutils:-:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*
References 1
- https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/issues/9745 Issue Tracking