net/atm: fix slab-out-of-bounds read in vcc_setsockopt()
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · None · High
- Fix status
- Partial Red Hat: 4 without a fix
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/atm: fix slab-out-of-bounds read in vcc_setsockopt() vcc_setsockopt() contained an ineffective optlen check: if (__SO_LEVEL_MATCH(optname, level) && optlen != __SO_SIZE(optname)) return -EINVAL; If __SO_LEVEL_MATCH(optname, level) evaluated to false (e.g. if the caller passed a mismatched level), the length check optlen != __SO_SIZE(optname) was short-circuited and bypassed. Execution then fell through to switch(optname), calling copy_from_sockptr() assuming optval contained sufficient space. Furthermore, even if level matched, a cgroup BPF setsockopt filter could shrink optlen after entry. Because copy_from_sockptr() on kernel pointers uses memcpy(), this leads to a KASAN slab-out-of-bounds read when optlen is smaller than the expected structure size. Fix this by using copy_safe_from_sockptr(), which unconditionally validates that optlen is at least the expected size before copying. Also change the local 'value' variable type from 'unsigned long' to 'int' so that SO_SETCLP matches its sizeof(int) ABI encoding on 64-bit systems.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 6.1.183, 6.6.152, 6.12.104, 6.18.45, 7.1.9, 7.2
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | Affected | No fix planned: Out of support scope |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
Not affected: 1 product
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-74689
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-gwfv-775p-2rj5
- 2026-10-18 CISA SSVC decision points changed
References
Other 6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b3bcd5d65ac03c15787b2a5b36c718e26a689336
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/35f258fee9ed358c6d0f57f91c30bf029c3724af
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6eb6af88710977eb529b558a07294874d8c40c4d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9f77c1ab382188f5b51982fab6d913443b6dc59f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2c5988c7349c0b64a7e0441bfc6e1dca54f7116a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d0c80dbb970439bd2eeb0e5effff8c16a5f4e1e3
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Sources
- CVE-2026-74689 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-74689 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-gwfv-775p-2rj5 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-74689 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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