CVE-2026-80724 (GCVE-0-2026-80724)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-28 07:03 – Updated: 2026-08-29 06:22
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
ptp: vmclock: prevent read-only mappings from becoming writable
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ptp: vmclock: prevent read-only mappings from becoming writable
vmclock_miscdev_mmap() rejects writable mappings of the shared vmclock
ABI page with -EROFS, but leaves VM_MAYWRITE set. Userspace can map the
page read-only and then upgrade it to writable with mprotect(), after
which the guest can corrupt the host-written timekeeping data (sequence
counter, UTC time, TSC offset) that the vmclock ABI defines as read-only.
Clear VM_MAYWRITE on the read-only path so the mapping cannot be
upgraded, as i915 does for its read-only objects and as fixed in drm/vc4
(CVE-2026-68445) and drm/panthor (CVE-2024-53071).
Severity
8.8 (High)
Assigner
References
Impacted products
2 products
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux |
Affected:
20503272422693d793b84f88bf23fe4e955d3a33 , < 5b4f2bec7bea6c04084d720d731bedee7caf878d
(git)
Affected: 20503272422693d793b84f88bf23fe4e955d3a33 , < 2496e141827102d6af512950057d402a2cfb2bfc (git) Affected: 20503272422693d793b84f88bf23fe4e955d3a33 , < 2e596e7814ba38cdc129991058b6c254ed37cb11 (git) |
guessed | |
| Linux | Linux |
Affected:
6.13
Unaffected: 0 , < 6.13 (semver) Unaffected: 6.18.47 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver) Unaffected: 7.1.11 , ≤ 7.1.* (semver) Unaffected: 7.2.1 , ≤ 7.2.* (semver) |
guessed |
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Nomenclature
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