CVE-2026-92520 (GCVE-0-2026-92520)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-09-17 16:10 – Updated: 2026-09-17 16:10
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
bpf: Zero queue and stack outputs on lock failure
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
bpf: Zero queue and stack outputs on lock failure
Queue and stack pop/peek helpers accept an uninitialized output buffer
because the verifier expects the helper to initialize it. The empty-map
error path clears the buffer, but a failed lock acquisition returns
-EBUSY without writing it.
Clear the output before returning -EBUSY so BPF programs cannot observe
uninitialized stack contents after a failed helper call.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
Assigner
References
Impacted products
2 products
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux |
Affected:
a34a9f1a19afe9c60ca0ea61dfeee63a1c2baac8 , < 1534c4bff3aaca19c4c9a82f93e9b81f7c983de3
(git)
Affected: a34a9f1a19afe9c60ca0ea61dfeee63a1c2baac8 , < e2396b8a562073787e627a5f483f1bc5c452fa6a (git) Affected: a34a9f1a19afe9c60ca0ea61dfeee63a1c2baac8 , < 7ac6e1ae41a09f1dd4baeeff1d028ae49ee01232 (git) Affected: 40e34ea01748e5b8afdd40a172868be1e1ab0ede (git) Affected: 388c9d3eefaea99828ee5000c693128a5b41ee7c (git) Affected: acabf5df49aa3a4f9c96200102d893351b511a88 (git) Affected: e388671635acf470f0986d874389148fd234620b (git) Affected: 232f0ba4d69263af5912e279fcc32fef2882b1dc (git) Affected: 5.4.258 , < 5.5 (semver) Affected: 5.10.198 , < 5.11 (semver) Affected: 5.15.134 , < 5.16 (semver) Affected: 6.1.56 , < 6.2 (semver) Affected: 6.5.6 , < 6.6 (semver) |
guessed | |
| Linux | Linux |
Affected:
6.6
Unaffected: 0 , < 6.6 (semver) Unaffected: 6.18.52 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver) Unaffected: 7.2.6 , ≤ 7.2.* (semver) Unaffected: 7.3-rc1 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix) |
guessed |
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