CVE-2026-58086 PUBLISHED

ktrace(2) privilege incorrectly validated in jails

Assigner: freebsd
Reserved: 29.06.2026 Published: 19.08.2026 Updated: 19.08.2026

As an inadvertent side effect of an unrelated code change, PRIV_KTRACE was always denied to a jailed root user. Tracing configured by a jailed root user was therefore not flagged as privileged.

An unprivileged user in a jail that has permission to debug the target process can modify the jailed root user's ktrace(2) flags, or disable tracing outright. A jailed root user therefore cannot reliably trace unprivileged processes.

Product Status

Vendor FreeBSD
Product FreeBSD
Versions Default: unknown
  • affected from 15.1-RELEASE to p2 (excl.)
  • affected from 15.0-RELEASE to p12 (excl.)

Credits

  • Alexander Leidinger finder

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-273: Improper Check for Dropped Privileges CWE