Tracker / CVE-2026-53287
CVE-2026-53287
Medium 5.5
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: audit: fix incorrect inheritable capability in CAPSET records __audit_log_capset() records the effective capability set into the inheritable field due to a copy-paste error. Every CAPSET audit record therefore reports cap_pi (process inheritable) with the value of cap_effective instead of cap_inheritable. This silently corrupts audit data used for compliance and forensic analysis: an attacker who modifies inheritable capabilities to prepare for a privilege-escalating exec would have the change masked in the audit trail. The bug has been present since the original introduction of CAPSET audit records in 2008.
Affected products and versions
| linux | linux_kernel |
|---|---|
| linux | linux_kernel · 2.6.29 → 5.10.258 |
| linux | linux_kernel · 5.11 → 5.15.209 |
| linux | linux_kernel · 5.16 → 6.1.175 |
| linux | linux_kernel · 6.13 → 6.18.33 |
| linux | linux_kernel · 6.19 → 7.0.10 |
| linux | linux_kernel · 6.2 → 6.6.141 |
| linux | linux_kernel · 6.7 → 6.12.91 |
Analysis
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