PT-2026-64596 · Linux · Linux

CVE-2026-64375

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Published

2026-07-25

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Updated

2026-07-25

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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
proc: protect ptrace may access() with exec update lock (FD links)
proc pid get link() and proc pid readlink() currently look up the task from the pid once, then do the ptrace access check on that task, then look up the task from the pid a second time to do the actual access. That's racy in several ways.
To fix it, pass the task to the ->proc get link() handler, and instead of proc fd access allowed(), introduce a new helper call proc get link() that looks up and locks the task, does the access check, and calls ->proc get link().
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Related Identifiers

CVE-2026-64375

Affected Products

Linux