CVE-2026-64375: proc: protect ptrace_may_access() with exec_update_lock (FD links)

Published Jul 25, 2026
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Updated

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

proc: protect ptracemayaccess() with execupdatelock (FD links)

procpidgetlink() and procpidreadlink() 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 ->procgetlink() handler, and instead of procfdaccessallowed(), introduce a new helper callprocgetlink() that looks up and locks the task, does the access check, and calls ->procgetlink().

Affected Software

9 affected componentsFixes available
Linux Kernel
Microsoft azl3 kernel 6.6.144.1-1<6.6.145.2-1
6.6.145.2-1
Linux Linux kernel>=2.6.18<5.10.261
Linux Linux kernel>=5.11<5.15.212
Linux Linux kernel>=5.16<6.1.178
Linux Linux kernel>=6.2<6.6.145
Linux Linux kernel>=6.7<6.12.97
Linux Linux kernel>=6.13<6.18.40
Linux Linux kernel>=6.19<7.1.4

Event History

Jul 25, 2026
CVE Published
via MITRE·08:50 AM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·08:50 AM
DescriptionSeverity
Data Sourced
via NVD·10:17 AM
RemedyDescriptionSeverityAffected Software
Jul 26, 2026
Data Sourced
via Microsoft·08:12 AM
DescriptionSeverityWeaknessAffected Software
Updated
via Microsoft·08:12 AM
DescriptionSeverity

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