CVE-2026-58089 hwpmc fails to detach PMCs during exec credential transitions

When a process calls execve2 to execute a setuid or setgid image, hwpmc4 is supposed to detach PMCs owned by unprivileged processes. An inverted check meant that this scenario was not handled properly. An unprivileged local user who has attached PMCs to a process can continue monitoring it after...

PT-2026-81927

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions OpenBSD hwpmc affected versions not specified Description An issue exists in the hwpmc4 driver where an inverted check occurs when a process calls execve2 to execute a setuid or setgid image. This failure to properly detach Performance...

FreeBSD -- hwpmc fails to detach PMCs during exec credential transitions

Problem Description: When a process calls execve2 to execute a setuid or setgid image, hwpmc4 is supposed to detach PMCs owned by unprivileged processes. An inverted check meant that this scenario was not handled properly. Impact: An unprivileged local user who has attached PMCs to a process can...

FreeBSD-SA-26:56.hwpmc

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA512 ============================================================================= FreeBSD-SA-26:56.hwpmc Security Advisory The FreeBSD Project Topic: hwpmc fails to detach PMCs during exec credential transitions Category: core Module: hwpmc Announced:...

Design/Logic Flaw

An issue was discovered in GNU Hurd before 0.9 20210404-9. When trying to exec a setuid executable, there's a window of time when the process already has the new privileges, but still refers to the old task and is accessible through the old process port. This can be exploited to get full root...