From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@kernel.org>
To: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>
Cc: Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>,
cve@kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
linux-cve-announce@vger.kernel.org,
Jinjie Ruan <ruanjinjie@huawei.com>
Subject: Re: CVE-2026-89603: entry: Fix seccomp bypass after ptrace with TSYNC
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 2026 08:30:21 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <2026101611-deputize-life-301e@gregkh> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <atEAhWWDDOo4kWSR@redhat.com>
On Thu, Oct 15, 2026 at 06:34:13PM +0200, Oleg Nesterov wrote:
> On 10/15, Kees Cook wrote:
> >
> > On Fri, Sep 11, 2026 at 09:44:52PM +0200, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> > > This race condition could allow an unprivileged process to execute
> > > a prohibited system call (e.g., execve) that the newly installed filter
> > > was intended to block, especially since the tracer might have modified
> > > the system call number during the ptrace stop.
> >
> > I'm disputing this one: please reject CVE-2026-89603. The fix is a fine
> > consistency change, but the flaw gave neither the tracer nor the tracee
> > anything they didn't already have.
>
> Thanks Kees!
>
> I fully agree with both points. The patch is fine, but it doesn't fix
> any security problem.
Now rejected, thanks for the review and letting us know!
greg k-h
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[not found] <2026091133-CVE-2026-89603-dad5@gregkh>
2026-10-15 16:25 ` Kees Cook
2026-10-15 16:34 ` Oleg Nesterov
2026-10-16 6:30 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman [this message]
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