# CVE-2026-93206: PCI/proc: Use file\_ns\_capable() when checking config space read access

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 5.10.270, 5.15.221, 6.1.188, 6.6.157, 6.12.109, and 2 more
- Published: 2026-09-24 · Updated: 2026-10-19

## Affected

- Linux: from 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2, fixed in 8a3a54aa3e65ed76f8560a387243a7738ae0cb1c; from 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2, fixed in 5c7ab4ca66f0880cffc3735555ea719dd5253726; from 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2, fixed in 53407535d49ec034e476121020b5c878f0d92e18; from 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2, fixed in e7730acd6a01c5931a3afb83639810ff2fb9cc92; from 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2, fixed in 77272b7fd0e472086fd626a1fcd11da625822cc2; from 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2, fixed in c2d4174f492458ecdcdef309243624999612d526; from 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2, fixed in 6351e94076329dab517ea94c115e15c4d8459381; from 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2, fixed in f82f53e75eff382fc8f56b73279b54f7cf5a5c65
- Linux: 2.6.12
- Kernel (Linux): from 2.6.12, fixed in 5.10.270; from 5.11.0, fixed in 5.15.221; from 5.16.0, fixed in 6.1.188; from 6.2.0, fixed in 6.6.157; from 6.7.0, fixed in 6.12.109; from 6.13.0, fixed in 6.18.50; from 6.19.0, fixed in 7.2.4

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: PCI/proc: Use file_ns_capable() when checking config space read access proc_bus_pci_read() decides how much of the config space is readable based on capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN), which checks the credentials of the task calling read(), not the credentials of the process that opened the file. The sysfs equivalent, pci_read_config(), has checked the credentials of the opening process since commit de139a339395 ("pci: check caps from sysfs file open to read device dependent config space"), so a privileged process can open the config space file and pass the file descriptor to an unprivileged process (for example, a process running a KVM guest with an assigned device), which can then read the entire config space. The check was subsequently routed through the LSM framework in commit 47970b1b2aa6 ("pci: use security_capable() when checking capablities during config space read") and converted to the dedicated helper in commit ab0fa82b2df9 ("pci-sysfs: use proper file capability helper function"). Thus, the two interfaces check the same capability against different credentials. Checking the credentials of the task calling read() makes the outcome depend on who reads rather than who opened, so the restriction is bypassed whenever a more privileged process reads through the descriptor. Checking the credentials recorded in file->f_cred settles the decision at open() time and ties it to the file, where it cannot change with the caller. Use file_ns_capable() to check CAP_SYS_ADMIN against the credentials in effect when the file was opened, bringing the procfs interface in line with the sysfs behaviour. As a result, a file descriptor opened by a privileged process and passed to an unprivileged one now allows the entire config space to be read through procfs, matching sysfs.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Linux kernel, upgrade to a fixed version (5.10.270, 5.15.221, 6.1.188, 6.6.157, 6.12.109) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8a3a54aa3e65ed76f8560a387243a7738ae0cb1c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5c7ab4ca66f0880cffc3735555ea719dd5253726
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/53407535d49ec034e476121020b5c878f0d92e18
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e7730acd6a01c5931a3afb83639810ff2fb9cc92
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/77272b7fd0e472086fd626a1fcd11da625822cc2
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c2d4174f492458ecdcdef309243624999612d526
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6351e94076329dab517ea94c115e15c4d8459381
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f82f53e75eff382fc8f56b73279b54f7cf5a5c65

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