PT-2026-90481 · Linux · Linux
CVE-2026-89765
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Published
2026-09-11
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Updated
2026-09-11
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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
timers/itimer: Zero-init old itimerval before copy to userspace
On native sparc64, struct kernel old timeval contains a four-byte hole
after tv usec because tv sec is 64-bit while kernel suseconds t is 32-bit.
put itimerval() fills only the named fields in a stack-allocated
kernel old itimerval and copies the entire object to userspace, so
getitimer() can expose the two padding holes.
Zero-initialize the aggregate before assigning the fields so implicit
padding is deterministic before it crosses the user/kernel boundary.
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