CVE-2026-90157
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
bpf: Reject negative optlen in cgroup getsockopt hook
A cgroup getsockopt BPF program can shrink ctx->optlen after the kernel getsockopt handler has run. The kernel-buffer variant, used by TCP_ZEROCOPY_RECEIVE, only rejects values larger than the original length.
If BPF writes a negative optlen, that value is accepted and propagated back to the TCP getsockopt code. It can then be passed to copy_to_sockptr() as a size_t and trigger the hardened usercopy bytes > INT_MAX warning.
Reject negative ctx.optlen in __cgroup_bpf_run_filter_getsockopt_kern(), matching the lower-bound validation already present in the sockptr-based getsockopt hook.
CVSS
NVD no ha asignado puntuación CVSS a esta CVE (habitual desde el cambio de política de abril de 2026).
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)
- Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 0.22%
- Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 11
- Fecha de la puntuación: 4/10/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).
Tecnologías afectadas (1)
⚠ Inferidas por IA a partir de la descripción — NVD aún no ha analizado esta CVE; no son CPE verificados.
Referencias
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1b5aacd5b2419b0790e955e466d389a61c79b4b1
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2bdbe00454200fcb0110f31eeca8d906a3515e74
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/31a89af4f513d750fec196e2bb6195a7d4473e9f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/554ba7195c4108726450e24480c8449990c2268c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5b09d984b38b018b123c3a9e02a96bbc6468dbe5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d02a12b4085ffe41ea750b1007f7a9c7aee2875a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e6fbf0eba87f50084d67508898f6ad6fc7ff1ba2
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f68671b1a98d426c57864bd457c125fee14ac1a5
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"value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nbpf: Reject negative optlen in cgroup getsockopt hook\n\nA cgroup getsockopt BPF program can shrink ctx->optlen after the\nkernel getsockopt handler has run. The kernel-buffer variant, used by\nTCP_ZEROCOPY_RECEIVE, only rejects values larger than the original\nlength.\n\nIf BPF writes a negative optlen, that value is accepted and propagated\nback to the TCP getsockopt code. It can then be passed to\ncopy_to_sockptr() as a size_t and trigger the hardened usercopy\nbytes > INT_MAX warning.\n\nReject negative ctx.optlen in __cgroup_bpf_run_filter_getsockopt_kern(),\nmatching the lower-bound validation already present in the sockptr-based\ngetsockopt hook."
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