bpf: Reject MEM_ALLOC BTF accesses past object bounds
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · 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: bpf: Reject MEM_ALLOC BTF accesses past object bounds BTF struct walks relax the struct-size check for accesses through a trailing flexible array. That is valid for ordinary BTF type walking, but PTR_TO_BTF_ID | MEM_ALLOC values point to objects allocated with the static BTF type size. When walking a MEM_ALLOC object, reject the access before applying the flexible-array relaxation if the access range extends past the struct size. Apply the same policy to struct ID matching so kfunc and kptr type checks do not walk past the allocated object bounds either.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 6.6.160, 6.12.114, 6.18.57, 7.2.6, 7.3
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 | Affected | No fix yet |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | Affected | No fix yet |
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 | Affected | No fix yet |
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 5 | Affected | No fix yet |
Not affected: 5 products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-93148
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-q2v7-328v-qfqj
- 2026-10-16 Fix available: Linux/[email protected], Linux/Linux@cf08ff2255de98cfcbc8bf7236fbeb38f0d5b4f1 · CNA
- 2026-10-16 1 new reference · CNA
- 2026-10-19 Fix available: Linux/[email protected] · CNA
- 2026-10-21 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
- 2026-10-21 CVSS score added · Red Hat
- 2026-10-21 Fix available: Linux/[email protected], Linux/[email protected], Linux/Linux@90d36e825da4fadeede64784ceda975ab7b31dab +1 · CNA
- 2026-10-21 2 new references · CNA
- 2026-10-29 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
- 2026-10-29 CVSS score changed · Red Hat
- 2026-10-30 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
References
Other 5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/94033c193bc38794511b2ebfa3dc0287d3b2bf60
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/90d36e825da4fadeede64784ceda975ab7b31dab
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cf08ff2255de98cfcbc8bf7236fbeb38f0d5b4f1
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e626a50d07d43421cbf7bfb5a084b33a5e276b6e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9c9ee0324c774490ae953162aaaf4561d222bd93
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Sources
- CVE-2026-93148 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-93148 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-q2v7-328v-qfqj · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-93148 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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