PT-2026-83024 · Linux · Linux

CVE-2026-80724

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Published

2026-08-28

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Updated

2026-08-28

CVSS v3.1

8.8

High

VectorAV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ptp: vmclock: prevent read-only mappings from becoming writable
vmclock miscdev mmap() rejects writable mappings of the shared vmclock ABI page with -EROFS, but leaves VM MAYWRITE set. Userspace can map the page read-only and then upgrade it to writable with mprotect(), after which the guest can corrupt the host-written timekeeping data (sequence counter, UTC time, TSC offset) that the vmclock ABI defines as read-only.
Clear VM MAYWRITE on the read-only path so the mapping cannot be upgraded, as i915 does for its read-only objects and as fixed in drm/vc4 (CVE-2026-68445) and drm/panthor (CVE-2024-53071).

Fix

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Related Identifiers

CVE-2026-80724

Affected Products

Linux