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Vulnerability Change Records for CVE-2026-72068

Change History

New CVE Received from kernel.org 8/15/2026 2:21:16 AM

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

posix-cpu-timers: Use u64 multiplication in update_rlimit_cpu()

update_rlimit_cpu() converts the RLIMIT_CPU value to nanoseconds with

        u64 nsecs = rlim_new * NSEC_PER_SEC;

On 32-bit kernels both rlim_new (unsigned long) and NSEC_PER_SEC
(1000000000L) are 32-bit, so the multiplication is performed in unsigned
long and truncated for rlim_new > 4 seconds before being widened to u64.

The same file already casts to u64 for the matching computation in
check_process_timers():

        u64 softns = (u64)soft * NSEC_PER_SEC;

As a result, the truncated value is installed into the CPUCLOCK_PROF
expiry cache (nextevt), causing the process CPU timer to be programmed
to fire prematurely for any RLIMIT_CPU soft limit >= 5 seconds. The
actual SIGXCPU/SIGKILL decision in check_process_timers() already casts
to u64 and is therefore correct, so limit enforcement is not broken;
only the expiry-cache programming is wrong. Apply the same cast here so
both paths convert rlim_cur identically.

64-bit kernels are unaffected.
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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1fafc4d9b411645eb34de43362b966dc8fb3e263
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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/26aff38fefb1d6cd87e22525f41cc8f1aa61b24f
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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/384628d6cdde0fcd76868606fad3ad8293100afb
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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/571e1f10b5996ba3e4dc63ea77de4aa309c384ce
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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cff8281bacd2866767e6194c3079d33b6c5a74f4
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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ea6a188ee805e841a0e242f14d15953e0dfa74bb
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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/edf6babb9edd2d3e19229ade339081f439d4f478
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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/feb5c87c8514444ba891b75a5a3eae57c64edaf8
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