{"cve":"CVE-2026-89766","nvd":{"published":"2026-09-11T20:20:07.850","modified":"2026-10-19T09:18:19.833","status":"Received","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\npidfd: hold exec_update_lock around namespace ioctl\n\nThe PIDFD_GET_*_NAMESPACE ioctls in pidfd_ioctl() perform a filesystem\ncredentials ptrace access check before handing out a namespace file\ndescriptor.  The accompanying comment states that the code \"mirrors nsfs\nbehavior\", but, unlike the corresponding procfs paths, it does so without\nholding the target task's exec_update_lock.\n\nproc_ns_get_link() and proc_ns_readlink() both take exec_update_lock for\nreading around the ptrace check and the namespace lookup, so that the\ncredentials used for the access decision match those of the task when its\nnamespace is read.  Without it, a caller can pass the check against the\ntarget's old credentials and then read the namespace after the target has\nexecve()'d a setuid binary and committed new credentials -- accessing\nnamespace information it should have been denied.\n\nHold exec_update_lock for reading around the ptrace check and the\nnamespace lookup so that pidfd truly mirrors nsfs behavior, as the comment\nalready claims.  open_namespace() itself runs outside the lock: once a\nnamespace reference is obtained it carries its own refcount and is opened\nwith the caller's own credentials, so a concurrent execve() on the target\ncan no longer affect the outcome.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":[],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9688a46802939da28f00cb40e8129615d5d4af39","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bac2f1913a216677c2c220d7bb352dd0330065ca","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cf24ce48d60225fdbee68ed2058763a1fd172ff3","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e89318aa8629969e86548b05e7c19283af3f0efb"],"products":[],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:53:43.293028046+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2026-89766","score":0.00191,"percentile":0.08718,"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."]}