Bug 2523146 - CVE-2026-72705 rocq: Rocq Prover: Logical inconsistency via untracked higher-order fixpoint arguments [fedora-all]
Summary: CVE-2026-72705 rocq: Rocq Prover: Logical inconsistency via untracked higher-...
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Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: rocq
Version: rawhide
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Assignee: Jerry James
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Blocks: CVE-2026-72705
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Reported: 2026-08-24 20:52 UTC by Vladimir Vasilev
Modified: 2026-08-24 20:52 UTC (History)
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Description Vladimir Vasilev 2026-08-24 20:52:43 UTC
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The guard checker in Rocq Prover does not follow recursive calls made through a fixpoint's own arguments. A fixpoint may pass itself as a higher-order argument to a second fixpoint, which then applies it to a value that is not a subterm of the structural argument. Passing the recursive function to a plain definition is rejected because the checker unfolds the definition and observes the call, but passing it to a fixpoint is accepted because higher-order recursive calls through fixpoint arguments are not tracked. This admits a type that is definitionally equal to its own negation, so self-application produces False in purely definitional code, without tactics, axioms, plugins or unsafe flags, and Print Assumptions reports the result as closed under the global context. Fixed in Rocq 9.2.0.


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