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CVE-2026-53078 (GCVE-0-2026-53078)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-06-24 16:30 – Updated: 2026-09-14 11:58
VLAI
Title
bpf: Fix same-register dst/src OOB read and pointer leak in sock_ops
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bpf: Fix same-register dst/src OOB read and pointer leak in sock_ops When a BPF sock_ops program accesses ctx fields with dst_reg == src_reg, the SOCK_OPS_GET_SK() and SOCK_OPS_GET_FIELD() macros fail to zero the destination register in the !fullsock / !locked_tcp_sock path. Both macros borrow a temporary register to check is_fullsock / is_locked_tcp_sock when dst_reg == src_reg, because dst_reg holds the ctx pointer. When the check is false (e.g., TCP_NEW_SYN_RECV state with a request_sock), dst_reg should be zeroed but is not, leaving the stale ctx pointer: - SOCK_OPS_GET_SK: dst_reg retains the ctx pointer, passes NULL checks as PTR_TO_SOCKET_OR_NULL, and can be used as a bogus socket pointer, leading to stack-out-of-bounds access in helpers like bpf_skc_to_tcp6_sock(). - SOCK_OPS_GET_FIELD: dst_reg retains the ctx pointer which the verifier believes is a SCALAR_VALUE, leaking a kernel pointer. Fix both macros by: - Changing JMP_A(1) to JMP_A(2) in the fullsock path to skip the added instruction. - Adding BPF_MOV64_IMM(si->dst_reg, 0) after the temp register restore in the !fullsock path, placed after the restore because dst_reg == src_reg means we need src_reg intact to read ctx->temp.
Severity
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Linux Linux Affected: fd09af010788a884de1c39537c288830c3d305db , < db1200ec2c3ddf119d4d9ba67982063df06bbacb (git)
Affected: fd09af010788a884de1c39537c288830c3d305db , < 4c1c5efd9d1d74743d41ce4e1600501b4feb6827 (git)
Affected: fd09af010788a884de1c39537c288830c3d305db , < 0e6b30657bbc771f38025c828d722b6162428508 (git)
Affected: fd09af010788a884de1c39537c288830c3d305db , < 64eaf4ecda007140ddcdb28e00c48c9c69aaba39 (git)
Affected: fd09af010788a884de1c39537c288830c3d305db , < 2a2c98141e0a75f2d4a7d78b0316c88b3da784ac (git)
Affected: fd09af010788a884de1c39537c288830c3d305db , < 22400725de070b787cd6d806c5795370ab46d269 (git)
Affected: fd09af010788a884de1c39537c288830c3d305db , < 18e3ffde1822f0b48b1753bf34aa97ce839df1d8 (git)
Affected: fd09af010788a884de1c39537c288830c3d305db , < 10f86a2a5c91fc4c4d001960f1c21abe52545ef6 (git)
Affected: 48be3df15aa19c04eadf156c9129293c9a10389f (git)
Affected: cd4644d904e1d153d516e73e2e127e7a2fe687e1 (git)
Affected: 6e0bc946cbeec538322820786b5fb5200a2216ab (git)
Affected: a7e52f7f675046d9ffc5692d815fa67c82fcdbf5 (git)
Affected: db7f8c57dbdd31f7e59f8dc8d1e1b38607a320ef (git)
Affected: 5.7.18 , < 5.8 (semver)
Affected: 5.8.4 , < 5.9 (semver)
Affected: 5.4.61 , < 5.5 (semver)
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Linux Linux Affected: 5.9
Unaffected: 0 , < 5.9 (semver)
Unaffected: 5.10.270 , ≤ 5.10.* (semver)
Unaffected: 5.15.221 , ≤ 5.15.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.1.188 , ≤ 6.1.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.6.157 , ≤ 6.6.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.12.101 , ≤ 6.12.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.18.42 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver)
Unaffected: 7.0.10 , ≤ 7.0.* (semver)
Unaffected: 7.1 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)
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