High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Jul 25, 2026· Updated Aug 17, 2026
CVE-2026-64375
CVE-2026-64375
Description
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().
Affected products
3- osv-coords2 versions
< 7.1.7-1.1+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: < 7.1.7-1.1
- (no CPE)range: >= 2.6.18, < 5.10.261
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
8- git.kernel.org/stable/c/138c692d2b2d63d26f2eb957d0e4fcc5d61f9ff2nvd
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/497c6bae5167428596575f20af6613ff5671f383nvd
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/6253dfee5afba536bb54fc6fe6c091c3758fafe1nvd
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/6255da28d4bb5349fe18e84cb043ccd394eba75dnvd
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/65bf0d2b6e914f1448d6a2fde193dcf60936a651nvd
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/83b17872e3166c295c599279fc9562ac3840c638nvd
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/de497d7aa2fae453a7e7c8f7d3e8682e565e3aafnvd
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/dfd1894cb64cbd8758b461ed713800fe73db4f82nvd
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