# CVE-2025-39716: parisc: Revise \_\_get\_user() to probe user read access

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2025-09-05 · Updated: 2026-05-12

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 2.6.12

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: parisc: Revise __get_user() to probe user read access Because of the way read access support is implemented, read access interruptions are only triggered at privilege levels 2 and 3. The kernel executes at privilege level 0, so __get_user() never triggers a read access interruption (code 26). Thus, it is currently possible for user code to access a read protected address via a system call. Fix this by probing read access rights at privilege level 3 (PRIV_USER) and setting __gu_err to -EFAULT (-14) if access isn't allowed. Note the cmpiclr instruction does a 32-bit compare because COND macro doesn't work inside asm.

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## Related

- Browse: [Linux kernel](https://cve.now/tech/linux-kernel.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/28a9b71671fb4a2993ef85b8ef6f117ea63894fe
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4c981077255acc2ed5b3df6e8dd0125c81b626a9
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f410ef9a032caf98117256b22139c31342d7bb06
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/741b163e440683195b8fd4fc8495fcd0105c6ab7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/89f686a0fb6e473a876a9a60a13aec67a62b9a7e

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