CVE-2026-74676

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: vt: add permission check for KDSKBMETA ioctl KDSKBMETA modifies keyboard meta mode but lacks the !perm check that all other keyboard setter ioctls in vt_k_ioctl() enforce, allowing a process to change meta mode on a non-controlling console without authorization.

References

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1c5b67a1e2cb7d78dab321280f330b056e3bf437
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4671c3b79e337bbae28c2d79023dc642df012bde
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7bf32337a7103ccb686cbd240324bf26225ef2d6
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9f8cbaf4b774694dcc292e60509762483ebfd9ae
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a1c31e026c93e378e297a8df8328983d3013a59f