{ "dataType": "CVE_RECORD", "dataVersion": "5.2", "cveMetadata": { "cveId": "CVE-2026-80663", "assignerOrgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "state": "PUBLISHED", "assignerShortName": "Linux", "dateReserved": "2026-08-26T14:34:25.781Z", "datePublished": "2026-08-28T06:49:06.882Z", "dateUpdated": "2026-10-16T19:26:32.045Z" }, "containers": { "cna": { "providerMetadata": { "orgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "shortName": "Linux", "dateUpdated": "2026-08-29T06:21:48.835Z" }, "descriptions": [ { "lang": "en", "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ntools/power/x86/intel-speed-select: Harden daemon pidfile open\n\nAvoid symlink-based pidfile clobbering by opening the pidfile with\nO_NOFOLLOW and validating it with fstat() before locking/writing.\n\nThe daemon currently uses a fixed pidfile path under /tmp. A local\nunprivileged user can pre-create a symlink at that path and cause a\nroot-run daemon instance to write into an attacker-chosen file." } ], "metrics": [ { "cvssV3_1": { "version": "3.1", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H", "baseScore": 7.1, "baseSeverity": "HIGH" }, "scenarios": [ { "lang": "en", "value": "AV:L - Exploitation requires local filesystem access to plant a symlink at the fixed /tmp/hfi-events.pid path before the root-run intel-speed-select --oob daemon calls open(); there is no network, adjacent, or physical-device code path to daemonize().\nAC:L - The attacker fully controls symlink creation in world-writable /tmp and can leave it in place until the root daemon starts or restarts (e.g., via systemd on Sapphire Rapids datacenter hosts); no uncontrollable timing or memory-layout conditions are required.\nPR:L - Only an unprivileged local account is needed to create the /tmp/hfi-events.pid symlink; the attacker does not need init-namespace root, CAP_SYS_ADMIN, or any capability beyond ordinary local shell access.\nUI:N - Per CVSS 3.1, administrator installation or routine execution of the vulnerable daemon is not counted as user interaction; once the root OOB service is running, the attacker needs only the pre-planted symlink with no further victim action.\nS:U - The root daemon's misdirected open/write affects host filesystem objects within the same OS security authority; this is a local root-assisted file clobber, not a VM escape, container breakout, or IOMMU boundary bypass.\nC:N - The daemon only writes a short numeric PID string via write() and never reads from the opened descriptor; there is no memory corruption, out-of-bounds read, or other information-disclosure primitive.\nI:H - A symlink causes the root daemon's open(O_RDWR|O_CREAT) to follow into an attacker-chosen path, letting root truncate/overwrite the start of protected files (e.g., /etc/passwd, sudoers, unit files) or create new root-owned files in restricted directories.\nA:H - Overwriting the beginning of critical configuration or authentication files with root privileges can break login, service startup, or ISST OOB management, producing system-wide denial of service beyond a single daemon crash." } ] } ], "affected": [ { "product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "unaffected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": [ "tools/power/x86/intel-speed-select/isst-daemon.c" ], "versions": [ { "version": "7fd786dfbd2c55ddee3b87f33c82f1c58bdb1dd6", "lessThan": "905493a6338c82a70da16f86e0a6215db5a3d73d", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "7fd786dfbd2c55ddee3b87f33c82f1c58bdb1dd6", "lessThan": "db938eb9a3c1317596c28e94413b33426508d51b", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "7fd786dfbd2c55ddee3b87f33c82f1c58bdb1dd6", "lessThan": "72a07abc6b9046f07a08bba353cad7667bcc9dce", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { 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