Bug 2565264 (CVE-2026-99232)

Summary: CVE-2026-99232 kernel: kernel: Information disclosure via improper memory address validation in syscall tracing
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: OSIDB Bzimport <bzimport>
Component: vulnerabilityAssignee: Product Security <prodsec-ir-bot>
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Version: unspecifiedCC: akhatavk, aos-team-art-private, asdas, dpaolell, jdelft, jupierce, lgarciaa, mbiarnes, ppalepu, ppostler, prdhamdh, rhel-process-autobot, sghai, sidsharm, suppawar, vlaad, watson-tool-maintainers
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A flaw was found in the Linux kernel. A local attacker can trigger this issue by invoking faultable system calls with non-user memory addresses while tracing is active. Because the kernel fails to verify that the source address resides in user space before copying data into trace buffers, this flaw may lead to information disclosure of sensitive kernel memory.
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-11-02 16:38:20 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

tracing/syscalls: Use copy_from_user for the faultable syscall buffer

syscall_copy_user_array() copies the buffer argument of faultable
syscalls (write, pwrite64, ...) with __copy_from_user(), which skips
access_ok(). Use copy_from_user() instead so a non-user address is
rejected and the entry is recorded as faulted.

It could be a security concern for machines that trust perf a bit too
much.