CVE-2026-80927

medium

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: timekeeping: Check the return value of tk_get_aux_ts64 in __do_adjtimex() If the auxiliary clock is disabled during tk_get_aux_ts64() but is enabled before tks->clock_valid is checked, then uninitialized stackdata will be used in the calculations and indirectly leaked to userspace. The same race window also exists after this change and also for the core timekeeper. But in these cases the only effect would be incorrect adjustments and this is userspace's responsibility to avoid this.

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fecf1e37775269ad38c172b468ad4ecc3968aa63

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bc59dac50cb45a725f7a50760c7cc72a0964f722

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4b61084b11bcecce86d03804ff30f8d7b465593c

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-09-11

Updated: 2026-09-11

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 3.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Severity: Low

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00166