Description
As an inadvertent side effect of an unrelated code change, PRIV_KTRACE was always denied to a jailed root user. Tracing configured by a jailed root user was therefore not flagged as privileged.
An unprivileged user in a jail that has permission to debug the target process can modify the jailed root user's ktrace(2) flags, or disable tracing outright. A jailed root user therefore cannot reliably trace unprivileged processes.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| FreeBSD | FreeBSD | 15.1-RELEASE – < p2, 15.0-RELEASE – < p12 | p2 |
Advisories 1
- WID-SEC-2026-2590 FreeBSD Project FreeBSD OS: Mehrere Schwachstellen BSI CERT-Bund (WID) · Aug 19, 2026