audit: add missing syscalls to read class
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: audit: add missing syscalls to read class The "at" variant of getxattr() and listxattr() are missing from the audit read class. Calling getxattrat() or listxattrat() on a file to read its extended attributes will bypass audit rules such as: -w /tmp/test -p rwa -k test_rwa The current patch adds missing syscalls to the audit read class.
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: audit: add missing syscalls to read class The "at" variant of getxattr() and listxattr() are missing from the audit read class. Calling getxattrat() or listxattrat() on a file to read its extended attributes will bypass audit rules such as: -w /tmp/test -p rwa -k test_rwa The current patch adds missing syscalls to the audit read class.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a2e8c144299c31d3972295ed80d4cb908daf4f6f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ad37505ce869a8100ff23f24eea117de7a7516bf
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bcb90a2834c7393c26df9609b889a3097b7700cd
- https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/23xxx/CVE-2026-23241.json
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-23241
- https://www.bencteux.fr/posts/missing_syscalls_audit/