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Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation. ## Source facts (JSON-quoted data) CNA source text (English) id: "CVE-2026-53078" idYear: 2026 status: "PUBLISHED" publishedAt: "2026-06-24T16:30:18.858Z" updatedAt: "2026-10-19T19:47:15.752Z" importedAt: "2026-10-24T01:58:14.884Z" snapshot: {"id":"cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline","at":"2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z","source":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/releases/tag/cve_2026-10-24_0100Z"} url: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-53078" json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-53078.json" sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-53078" title: "bpf: Fix same-register dst/src OOB read and pointer leak in sock_ops" summary: "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nbpf: Fix same-register dst/src OOB read and pointer leak in sock_ops\n\nWhen a BPF sock_ops program accesses ctx fields with dst_reg == src_reg,\nthe SOCK_OPS_GET_SK() and SOCK_OPS_GET_FIELD() macros fail to zero the\ndestination register in the !fullsock / !locked_tcp_sock path.\n\nBoth macros borrow a temporary register to check is_fullsock /\nis_locked_tcp_sock when dst_reg == src_reg, because dst_reg holds the\nctx pointer. When the check is false (e.g., TCP_NEW_SYN_RECV state with\na request_sock), dst_reg should be zeroed but is not, leaving the stale\nctx pointer:\n\n - SOCK_OPS_GET_SK: dst_reg retains the ctx pointer, passes NULL checks\n as PTR_TO_SOCKET_OR_NULL, and can be used as a bogus socket pointer,\n leading to stack-out-of-bounds access in helpers like\n bpf_skc_to_tcp6_sock().\n\n - SOCK_OPS_GET_FIELD: dst_reg retains the ctx pointer which the\n verifier believes is a SCALAR_VALUE, leaking a kernel pointer.\n\nFix both macros by:\n - Changing JMP_A(1) to JMP_A(2) in the fullsock path to skip the\n added instruction.\n - Adding BPF_MOV64_IMM(si-\u003edst_reg, 0) after the temp register\n restore in the !fullsock path, placed after the restore because\n dst_reg == src_reg means we need src_reg intact to read ctx-\u003etemp." affected: [{"versions":[{"version":"fd09af010788a884de1c39537c288830c3d305db","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"db1200ec2c3ddf119d4d9ba67982063df06bbacb"},{"version":"fd09af010788a884de1c39537c288830c3d305db","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"4c1c5efd9d1d74743d41ce4e1600501b4feb6827"},{"version":"fd09af010788a884de1c39537c288830c3d305db","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"0e6b30657bbc771f38025c828d722b6162428508"},{"version":"fd09af010788a884de1c39537c288830c3d305db","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"64eaf4ecda007140ddcdb28e00c48c9c69aaba39"},{"version":"fd09af010788a884de1c39537c288830c3d305db","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"2a2c98141e0a75f2d4a7d78b0316c88b3da784ac"},{"version":"fd09af010788a884de1c39537c288830c3d305db","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"22400725de070b787cd6d806c5795370ab46d269"},{"version":"fd09af010788a884de1c39537c288830c3d305db","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"18e3ffde1822f0b48b1753bf34aa97ce839df1d8"},{"version":"fd09af010788a884de1c39537c288830c3d305db","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"10f86a2a5c91fc4c4d001960f1c21abe52545ef6"},{"version":"48be3df15aa19c04eadf156c9129293c9a10389f","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"cd4644d904e1d153d516e73e2e127e7a2fe687e1","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"6e0bc946cbeec538322820786b5fb5200a2216ab","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"a7e52f7f675046d9ffc5692d815fa67c82fcdbf5","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"db7f8c57dbdd31f7e59f8dc8d1e1b38607a320ef","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"5.7.18","status":"affected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"5.8"},{"version":"5.8.4","status":"affected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"5.9"},{"version":"5.4.61","status":"affected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"5.5"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected"},{"versions":[{"version":"5.9","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"5.9"},{"version":"5.10.270","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"5.10.*"},{"version":"5.15.221","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"5.15.*"},{"version":"6.1.188","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.1.*"},{"version":"6.6.157","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.6.*"},{"version":"6.12.101","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.12.*"},{"version":"6.18.42","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.18.*"},{"version":"7.0.10","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"7.0.*"},{"version":"7.1","status":"unaffected","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix","lessThanOrEqual":"*"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected"}] ## Source licences and attribution CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities: https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog (US government work) GitHub Advisory Database: https://github.com/advisories (CC BY 4.0) Have I Been Pwned: https://haveibeenpwned.com/ (CC BY 4.0) CVE Program (CVE records): https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse (CVE Terms of Use) Copyright © 1999-2026, The MITRE Corporation. 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