CVE-2026-80663 PUBLISHED

tools/power/x86/intel-speed-select: Harden daemon pidfile open

Assigner: Linux
Reserved: 26.08.2026 Published: 28.08.2026 Updated: 28.08.2026

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

tools/power/x86/intel-speed-select: Harden daemon pidfile open

Avoid symlink-based pidfile clobbering by opening the pidfile with O_NOFOLLOW and validating it with fstat() before locking/writing.

The daemon currently uses a fixed pidfile path under /tmp. A local unprivileged user can pre-create a symlink at that path and cause a root-run daemon instance to write into an attacker-chosen file.

Product Status

Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 7fd786dfbd2c55ddee3b87f33c82f1c58bdb1dd6 to 905493a6338c82a70da16f86e0a6215db5a3d73d (excl.)
  • affected from 7fd786dfbd2c55ddee3b87f33c82f1c58bdb1dd6 to db938eb9a3c1317596c28e94413b33426508d51b (excl.)
  • affected from 7fd786dfbd2c55ddee3b87f33c82f1c58bdb1dd6 to 72a07abc6b9046f07a08bba353cad7667bcc9dce (excl.)
  • affected from 7fd786dfbd2c55ddee3b87f33c82f1c58bdb1dd6 to 19ffeb30fdfce63f8d6aca71bcdddb3f69d46278 (excl.)
  • affected from 7fd786dfbd2c55ddee3b87f33c82f1c58bdb1dd6 to e8adac69d1bdf035ef97cc914e845acd4ef08e28 (excl.)
  • affected from 7fd786dfbd2c55ddee3b87f33c82f1c58bdb1dd6 to 607af438e6430893a822964c841a1994b33acccc (excl.)
Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: affected
  • Version 5.18 is affected
  • unaffected from 0 to 5.18 (excl.)
  • unaffected from 6.1.178 to 6.1.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.6.145 to 6.6.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.12.97 to 6.12.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.18.40 to 6.18.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.1.5 to 7.1.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.2 to * (incl.)

References