CVE-2026-93146 PUBLISHED

time/namespace: Validate nanosecond field in proc_timens_set_offset()

Assigner: Linux
Reserved: 17.09.2026 Published: 17.09.2026 Updated: 17.09.2026

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

time/namespace: Validate nanosecond field in proc_timens_set_offset()

The function validates tv_sec to be within [-KTIME_SEC_MAX, KTIME_SEC_MAX] but never validates that tv_nsec is within the valid range of [0, NSEC_PER_SEC-1] before using it in timespec64_add().

timespec64_add() expects both timespec64 structures to have normalized values with tv_nsec in the range [0, 999999999]. If off->val.tv_nsec contains invalid values (negative or >= NSEC_PER_SEC), it could lead to incorrect calculations or unexpected behavior.

Add validation to ensure tv_nsec is within the valid range before performing the addition.

Product Status

Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 04a8682a71becdb639ec9c0d82b315a2baef7a5d to db667d2970c756cc7b483f45f272440f845a665b (excl.)
  • affected from 04a8682a71becdb639ec9c0d82b315a2baef7a5d to 1f0c3c0c36c7aedf55a60d9c71c4bd258b8937ce (excl.)
  • affected from 04a8682a71becdb639ec9c0d82b315a2baef7a5d to 06aba58e58492d2b8eae059274caed29025ea96e (excl.)
Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: affected
  • Version 5.6 is affected
  • unaffected from 0 to 5.6 (excl.)
  • unaffected from 6.18.52 to 6.18.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.2.6 to 7.2.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.3-rc1 to * (incl.)

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