# CVE-2026-99232: tracing/syscalls: Use copy\_from\_user for the faultable syscall buffer

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Exposure: Unclear
- Published: 2026-11-02 · Updated: 2026-11-02

## Summary

The Linux kernel's syscall tracing facility (tracing/syscalls) is affected, specifically the code that copies user-supplied buffers for system calls such as write and pwrite64. Missing address validation could let a non-user memory address be read during tracing, which is mainly a concern on systems that grant perf access broadly.

Model-written summary (anthropic/claude-haiku-5.5). Verify details against the original sources.

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 6.19

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tracing/syscalls: Use copy_from_user for the faultable syscall buffer syscall_copy_user_array() copies the buffer argument of faultable syscalls (write, pwrite64, ...) with __copy_from_user(), which skips access_ok(). Use copy_from_user() instead so a non-user address is rejected and the entry is recorded as faulted. It could be a security concern for machines that trust perf a bit too much.

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e33e2718c62a602001ab549642a1aed0be797105
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/041d1a568a11a7ed7415ef1408d0c65041c1ad69

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