{"cve":"CVE-2026-80724","nvd":{"published":"2026-08-28T08:16:58.210","modified":"2026-10-19T09:17:09.397","status":"Received","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nptp: vmclock: prevent read-only mappings from becoming writable\n\nvmclock_miscdev_mmap() rejects writable mappings of the shared vmclock\nABI page with -EROFS, but leaves VM_MAYWRITE set.  Userspace can map the\npage read-only and then upgrade it to writable with mprotect(), after\nwhich the guest can corrupt the host-written timekeeping data (sequence\ncounter, UTC time, TSC offset) that the vmclock ABI defines as read-only.\n\nClear VM_MAYWRITE on the read-only path so the mapping cannot be\nupgraded, as i915 does for its read-only objects and as fixed in drm/vc4\n(CVE-2026-68445) and drm/panthor (CVE-2024-53071).","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H","score":8.8},"cwes":[],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0ce59c4148ecd1520c5592a63bb3c8991ee2d326","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2496e141827102d6af512950057d402a2cfb2bfc","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2e596e7814ba38cdc129991058b6c254ed37cb11","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3f5677d2f817355147337f0453174c7bb0f3b66a","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5b4f2bec7bea6c04084d720d731bedee7caf878d"],"products":[],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:50:50.842544443+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2026-80724","score":0.00176,"percentile":0.07049,"date":"2026-10-25"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}