{"id":"CVE-2026-23241","state":"PUBLISHED","title":"audit: add missing syscalls to read class","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\naudit: add missing syscalls to read class\n\nThe \"at\" variant of getxattr() and listxattr() are missing from the\naudit read class. Calling getxattrat() or listxattrat() on a file to\nread its extended attributes will bypass audit rules such as:\n\n-w /tmp/test -p rwa -k test_rwa\n\nThe current patch adds missing syscalls to the audit read class.","publishedAt":"2026-03-17T09:11:04.913Z","updatedAt":"2026-05-11T22:03:03.259Z","severity":null,"assigner":"Linux","products":["Linux Linux"],"affected":[{"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected","versions":[{"version":"6140be90ec70c39fa844741ca3cc807dd0866394","status":"affected","lessThan":"a2e8c144299c31d3972295ed80d4cb908daf4f6f","versionType":"git"},{"version":"6140be90ec70c39fa844741ca3cc807dd0866394","status":"affected","lessThan":"ad37505ce869a8100ff23f24eea117de7a7516bf","versionType":"git"},{"version":"6140be90ec70c39fa844741ca3cc807dd0866394","status":"affected","lessThan":"bcb90a2834c7393c26df9609b889a3097b7700cd","versionType":"git"}],"repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["include/asm-generic/audit_read.h"]},{"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected","versions":[{"version":"6.13","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","status":"unaffected","lessThan":"6.13","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.18.16","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"6.18.*","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.19.6","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"6.19.*","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"7.0","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"*","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix"}],"repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["include/asm-generic/audit_read.h"]}],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a2e8c144299c31d3972295ed80d4cb908daf4f6f","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ad37505ce869a8100ff23f24eea117de7a7516bf","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bcb90a2834c7393c26df9609b889a3097b7700cd","https://www.bencteux.fr/posts/missing_syscalls_audit/"],"weaknesses":[],"ingestedAt":"2026-10-29T20:11:21.040Z","source":{"repository":"CVEProject/cvelistV5","path":"cves/2026/23xxx/CVE-2026-23241.json","commit":"556c9d3a8cd17e218bb8e452ba7cd619a384ff47"},"raw":{"dataType":"CVE_RECORD","dataVersion":"5.2","cveMetadata":{"cveId":"CVE-2026-23241","state":"PUBLISHED","datePublished":"2026-03-17T09:11:04.913Z","dateUpdated":"2026-05-11T22:03:03.259Z","assignerShortName":"Linux","assignerOrgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","dateReserved":"2026-01-13T15:37:45.989Z"},"containers":{"cna":{"title":"audit: add missing syscalls to read class","descriptions":[{"lang":"en","value":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\naudit: add missing syscalls to read class\n\nThe \"at\" variant of getxattr() and listxattr() are missing from the\naudit read class. 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