CVE-2026-64371

Updated on 25 Jul 2026

Severity

5.5 Medium severity

Details

CVSS score
5.5
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Overview

About vulnerability

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

Details

Fixes

KernelCare state

Live-patch status from KernelCare for each operating system.

Operating system Status Covered kernels
AlmaLinux 9.6 ESU Planned —
Amazon Linux 2023 Planned —
Debian 11 Planned —
Debian 11 cloud Planned —
Debian 12 Planned —
Debian 13 Planned —
Oracle Linux 9 UEK 7 Planned —
Ubuntu 22.04 Planned —
Ubuntu 22.04 AWS Planned —
Ubuntu 22.04 Azure Planned —
Ubuntu 24.04 Planned —
Ubuntu 24.04 AWS Planned —
Ubuntu 26.04 Will Not Fix —