CVE-2026-68399

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{"bugzilla": {"description": "kernel: Linux Kernel: Use-After-Free vulnerability in BPF socket cloning", "id": "2513349", "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2513349"}, "csaw": false, "cvss3": {"cvss3_base_score": "5.8", "cvss3_scoring_vector": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H", "status": "draft"}, "cwe": "CWE-825", "details": ["In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\nbpf: Fix UAF in sock clone early bailouts\nSimilar to recent commit 9b51a6155d14 (\"bpf,fork: wipe ->bpf_storage\nbefore bailouts that access it\"), sk_clone() performs an initial\nshallow copy of the socket field ->sk_bpf_storage via sock_copy()\nfor the cloned socket newsk.\nIf sk_clone() bails out early (e.g. if sk_filter_charge() fails) prior\nto calling bpf_sk_storage_clone(), newsk->sk_bpf_storage still points\nto the parent socket's BPF local storage. When newsk is subsequently\nfreed via sk_free(), the deallocation path (__sk_destruct() ->\nbpf_sk_storage_free()) destroys the parent socket's BPF local storage,\nleading to a use-after-free (UAF) on the parent socket.\nFix this by resetting newsk->sk_bpf_storage to NULL immediately after\nsock_copy() in sk_clone(), and remove the now redundant initialization\nfrom bpf_sk_storage_clone().", "A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's Berkeley Packet Filter (BPF) component, specifically within the socket cloning mechanism. When a new socket is created and its cloning process fails prematurely, the new socket's BPF local storage may incorrectly reference the parent socket's storage. This can lead to a Use-After-Free (UAF) vulnerability, where the parent socket's BPF local storage is deallocated while still in use. An attacker could potentially exploit this to cause a system crash (denial of service) or achieve arbitrary code execution."], "name": "CVE-2026-68399", "package_state": [{"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10", "fix_state": "Affected", "package_name": "kernel", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "kernel", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "kernel", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "kernel-rt", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "kernel", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "kernel-rt", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9", "fix_state": "Affected", "package_name": "kernel", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9", "fix_state": "Affected", "package_name": "kernel-rt", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux_nvidia:", "fix_state": "Affected", "package_name": "kernel", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux for NVIDIA 26"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/a:redhat:openshift:4", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "rhcos", "product_name": "Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4"}], "public_date": "2026-08-10T12:04:18Z", "references": ["https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-68399\nhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-68399\nhttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/14b49b5ab29979552c219a09e569b424fbbf4a6e\nhttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7cbd0c4cebe4c9f678d15e6b9ba975e1155a107f"], "threat_severity": "Important"}

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