CVE-2026-89765EPSS p9.1%
CVE-2026-89765CVE-2026-89765
Description
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.
Scoring
| EPSS | 0.20% probability of exploitation · percentile 9.1% · 2026-10-05T12:00:23Z |
| Last modified | 2026-09-14 |