CVE-2026-93146 json
time/namespace: Validate nanosecond field in proc_timens_set_offset()
published 2026-09-17 52 d ago modified 2026-10-30 10 d ago also EUVD-2026-82254
- cvss
- —
- not scored
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.2%
- EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 11%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
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.
Patch / fix
- Linux Linux 6.1.191, 6.6.160, 6.12.114, 6.18.52, 7.2.6, 7.3
- linux Debian 13 6.12.115-2
- linux Debian 14 7.2.6-1
debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2026-93146
- linux Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 7.0.0-42.42
- linux-aws Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 7.0.0-1016.17
- linux-gcp Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 7.0.0-1016.18
- linux-ibm Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 7.0.0-1017.17
- linux-riscv Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 7.0.0-42.42.1
- linux-oracle Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 7.0.0-1015.16
- linux-hwe-7.0 Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 7.0.0-42.42~24.04.1
- linux-oem-7.0 Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 7.0.0-1017.17
ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2026-93146
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- kernel-source openSUSE Tumbleweed 7.2.8-1.1
opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2026:11893-1
- kernel Azure Linux 3.0 6.6.161.1-1
azure linux advisories AZL-102281
Azure Linux vulnerability data, Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation, from https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData via OSV, under the MIT licence; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. MIT
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/ce0dd307dfa3193fbf06371b7c819a6bff7d3d68 commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/5b8a40de738b7c4896c2edbc6262bd1b3462ded0 commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/b20d7085ab314672447322c10cc5d1ba443e3b8e commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/db667d2970c756cc7b483f45f272440f845a665b commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/1f0c3c0c36c7aedf55a60d9c71c4bd258b8937ce commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/06aba58e58492d2b8eae059274caed29025ea96e commit
Vendor advisories
What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.
red hat product security vex CVE-2026-93146 updated cvss 5.5
kernel: time/namespace: Validate nanosecond field in proc_timens_set_offset()
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, kernel-core, kernel-tools, +29 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 rv, perf, rtla, kernel, bpftool, libperf, +83 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 kernel Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-8, openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-9 Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 5 openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-9affected: no fix available “Fix deferred”
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 perf, kernel, python-perf, kernel-kdump, kernel-firmware, kernel-bootwrapper, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, python-perf, kernel-kdump, +8 morenot affected: vulnerable code not present
Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf
Exploit prediction
0.21% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 11% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
Affected products
- Linux Linux
Classification
- Technology feeds
References
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/ce0dd307dfa3193fbf06371b7c819a6bff7d3d68
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/5b8a40de738b7c4896c2edbc6262bd1b3462ded0
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/b20d7085ab314672447322c10cc5d1ba443e3b8e
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/db667d2970c756cc7b483f45f272440f845a665b
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/1f0c3c0c36c7aedf55a60d9c71c4bd258b8937ce
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/06aba58e58492d2b8eae059274caed29025ea96e
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2026-93146
- NVD CVE-2026-93146
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