CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-64371

Low risk· EPSS 8%
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.18%

8th percentile - higher than 8% of all known CVEs

Summary

In procfs, several functions lack exec_update_lock protection for ptrace_may_access(). Functions do_task_stat(), proc_pid_wchan(), proc_map_files_lookup(), proc_map_files_readdir(), proc_ns_get_link(), and proc_ns_readlink() perform access checks without proper locking.

Risk Assessment

An attacker could exploit a race to access process information they are not authorized to, potentially leading to privilege escalation.

Recommendation

Apply the patch that adds exec_update_lock or uses mm_access() instead of get_task_mm() in the mentioned functions.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: proc: protect ptrace_may_access() with exec_update_lock (part 1) Fix the easy cases where procfs currently calls ptrace_may_access() without exec_update_lock protection, where the fix is to simply add the extra lock or use mm_access(): - do_task_stat(): grab exec_update_lock - proc_pid_wchan(): grab exec_update_lock - proc_map_files_lookup(): use mm_access() instead of get_task_mm() - proc_map_files_readdir(): use mm_access() instead of get_task_mm() - proc_ns_get_link(): grab exec_update_lock - proc_ns_readlink(): grab exec_update_lock

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