{"id":"CVE-2026-74676","title":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nvt: add permission check for KDSKBMETA ioctl\n\nKDSKBMETA modifies keyboard meta mode but lacks the !perm check that all\nother keyboard setter ioctls in vt_k_ioctl() enfo…","summary":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nvt: add permission check for KDSKBMETA ioctl\n\nKDSKBMETA modifies keyboard meta mode but lacks the !perm check that all\nother keyboard setter ioctls in vt_k_ioctl() enfo…","severity":"none","published":"2026-08-22","updated":"2026-10-14","sourceUpdated":"2026-10-14T13:10:00.187","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-74676","references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1c5b67a1e2cb7d78dab321280f330b056e3bf437","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4671c3b79e337bbae28c2d79023dc642df012bde","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7bf32337a7103ccb686cbd240324bf26225ef2d6","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9f8cbaf4b774694dcc292e60509762483ebfd9ae","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a1c31e026c93e378e297a8df8328983d3013a59f","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a7ad0034453ba4c353f9b8f810ee2569de33d283","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d8ead5083b203d12b8319e7cb29cc6b8836e813f","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ddc4a8303347114e945b9e6e81b81d77855f7358","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"}],"tags":["nvd"],"epss":0.00177,"epssPercentile":0.06722,"ingestedAt":"2026-10-14T13:30:58.534Z","slug":"CVE-2026-74676","body":"## Overview\n\nIn the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nvt: add permission check for KDSKBMETA ioctl\n\nKDSKBMETA modifies keyboard meta mode but lacks the !perm check that all\nother keyboard setter ioctls in vt_k_ioctl() enforce, allowing a process\nto change meta mode on a non-controlling console without authorization.\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.","depth":"sunlit","depthScore":3,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":2.8,"likelihood":0,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}