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GHSA-C2FM-FX6J-95J7

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-03-17 12:30 – Updated: 2026-03-17 12:30

Details

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

audit: add missing syscalls to read class

The "at" variant of getxattr() and listxattr() are missing from the audit read class. Calling getxattrat() or listxattrat() on a file to read its extended attributes will bypass audit rules such as:

-w /tmp/test -p rwa -k test_rwa

The current patch adds missing syscalls to the audit read class.

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CVE-2026-23241 (GCVE-0-2026-23241)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-03-17 09:11 – Updated: 2026-03-18 09:40

Title

audit: add missing syscalls to read class

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: audit: add missing syscalls to read class The "at" variant of getxattr() and listxattr() are missing from the audit read class. Calling getxattrat() or listxattrat() on a file to read its extended attributes will bypass audit rules such as: -w /tmp/test -p rwa -k test_rwa The current patch adds missing syscalls to the audit read class.

Severity ?

No CVSS data available.

Assigner

Linux

References

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	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a2e8c144299c31d39…
	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ad37505ce869a8100…
	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bcb90a2834c7393c2…
	https://www.bencteux.fr/posts/missing_syscalls_audit/

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Linux

Affected: 6140be90ec70c39fa844741ca3cc807dd0866394 , < a2e8c144299c31d3972295ed80d4cb908daf4f6f (git)
Affected: 6140be90ec70c39fa844741ca3cc807dd0866394 , < ad37505ce869a8100ff23f24eea117de7a7516bf (git)
Affected: 6140be90ec70c39fa844741ca3cc807dd0866394 , < bcb90a2834c7393c26df9609b889a3097b7700cd (git)

Linux

Affected: 6.13
Unaffected: 0 , < 6.13 (semver)
Unaffected: 6.18.16 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.19.6 , ≤ 6.19.* (semver)
Unaffected: 7.0-rc1 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)

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GHSA-C2FM-FX6J-95J7

CVE-2026-23241 (GCVE-0-2026-23241)

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