CVE-2026-74676: vt: add permission check for KDSKBMETA ioctl

Published Aug 22, 2026
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Updated

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

vt: add permission check for KDSKBMETA ioctl

KDSKBMETA modifies keyboard meta mode but lacks the !perm check that all other keyboard setter ioctls in vtkioctl() enforce, allowing a process to change meta mode on a non-controlling console without authorization.

Affected Software

1 affected component
Linux Linux kernel

Event History

Aug 22, 2026
CVE Published
via MITRE·03:32 PM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·03:32 PM
Description

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