---
id: CVE-2026-23241
title: 'audit: add missing syscalls to read class'
summary: |-
  In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

  audit: add missing syscalls to read class

  The "at" variant of getxattr() and listxattr() are missing from the
  audit read class. Calling getxattrat() or listxattrat() o…
severity: none
vendor: Linux
product: Linux
affected:
  - >-
    Linux >= 6140be90ec70c39fa844741ca3cc807dd0866394 <
    a2e8c144299c31d3972295ed80d4cb908daf4f6f
  - >-
    Linux >= 6140be90ec70c39fa844741ca3cc807dd0866394 <
    ad37505ce869a8100ff23f24eea117de7a7516bf
  - >-
    Linux >= 6140be90ec70c39fa844741ca3cc807dd0866394 <
    bcb90a2834c7393c26df9609b889a3097b7700cd
  - Linux 6.13
ssvc:
  exploitation: none
  automatable: 'no'
  technicalImpact: partial
  timestamp: '2026-11-05T21:22:53.622059Z'
published: '2026-03-17'
updated: '2026-11-05'
sourceUpdated: '2026-11-05T21:23:23.280Z'
source: CVEORG
sourceUrl: 'https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-23241'
references:
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a2e8c144299c31d3972295ed80d4cb908daf4f6f'
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ad37505ce869a8100ff23f24eea117de7a7516bf'
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bcb90a2834c7393c26df9609b889a3097b7700cd'
  - url: 'https://www.bencteux.fr/posts/missing_syscalls_audit/'
tags:
  - cve.org
epss: 0.00133
epssPercentile: 0.02877
ingestedAt: '2026-11-05T22:38:32.089Z'
---

## Overview

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

audit: add missing syscalls to read class

The "at" variant of getxattr() and listxattr() are missing from the
audit read class. Calling getxattrat() or listxattrat() on a file to
read its extended attributes will bypass audit rules such as:

-w /tmp/test -p rwa -k test_rwa

The current patch adds missing syscalls to the audit read class.

## Affected

- `Linux >= 6140be90ec70c39fa844741ca3cc807dd0866394 < a2e8c144299c31d3972295ed80d4cb908daf4f6f`
- `Linux >= 6140be90ec70c39fa844741ca3cc807dd0866394 < ad37505ce869a8100ff23f24eea117de7a7516bf`
- `Linux >= 6140be90ec70c39fa844741ca3cc807dd0866394 < bcb90a2834c7393c26df9609b889a3097b7700cd`
- `Linux 6.13`

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.