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.
Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).
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DLA-4664-1 | linux security update |
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DLA-4665-1 | linux security update |
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Tue, 30 Jun 2026 02:30:00 +0000
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| Weaknesses | CWE-20 CWE-200 |
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| Weaknesses | CWE-20 CWE-200 |
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| Description | 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. | |
| Title | audit: fix incorrect inheritable capability in CAPSET records | |
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Linux
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| CPEs | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Linux
Published:
Updated: 2026-06-26T19:40:47.946Z
Reserved: 2026-06-09T07:44:35.396Z
Link: CVE-2026-53287
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Redhat
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Updated: 2026-06-30T04:00:08Z
No weakness.