{ "dataType": "CVE_RECORD", "dataVersion": "5.2", "cveMetadata": { "cveId": "CVE-2026-45932", "assignerOrgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "state": "PUBLISHED", "assignerShortName": "Linux", "dateReserved": "2026-05-13T15:03:33.086Z", "datePublished": "2026-05-27T12:17:50.353Z", "dateUpdated": "2026-08-05T12:28:46.414Z" }, "containers": { "cna": { "providerMetadata": { "orgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "shortName": "Linux", "dateUpdated": "2026-08-05T12:28:46.414Z" }, "descriptions": [ { "lang": "en", "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nbpf: Fix tcx/netkit detach permissions when prog fd isn't given\n\nThis commit fixes a security issue where BPF_PROG_DETACH on tcx or\nnetkit devices could be executed by any user when no program fd was\nprovided, bypassing permission checks. The fix adds a capability\ncheck for CAP_NET_ADMIN or CAP_SYS_ADMIN in this case." } ], "metrics": [ { "cvssV3_1": { "version": "3.1", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:H", "baseScore": 7.3, "baseSeverity": "HIGH" }, "scenarios": [ { "lang": "en", "value": "AV:L - The vulnerability is reached through the local bpf(2) syscall (BPF_PROG_DETACH command); there is no remote network entry point to this code.\nAC:L - An unprivileged user can reliably trigger the detach with a single deterministic syscall; there is no race, timing, or memory-layout dependency, and the only precondition (a tcx/netkit program already attached) is a standard deployment condition.\nPR:L - The entire bug is that no capability is required where CAP_NET_ADMIN/CAP_SYS_ADMIN should be; any basic local unprivileged user can call BPF_PROG_DETACH, which is not gated by unprivileged_bpf_disabled or any default check.\nUI:N - Detaching the program requires only the attacker's own syscall; no action by any other user or victim is needed.\nS:U - The impact stays within the kernel's own security authority (manipulating network BPF attachment state); no VM/IOMMU/sandbox boundary is crossed.\nC:L - Detaching does not read kernel memory directly, but removing a tcx/netkit filtering/isolation program (e.g., a Cilium network policy) can expose traffic or services that were previously confidential, a limited information exposure.\nI:H - An unprivileged user can make an unauthorized, CAP_NET_ADMIN-level modification to the device's network datapath, and by repeating the call can remove all attached programs, fully subverting the configured network security/policy enforcement.\nA:H - Removing the tcx/netkit datapath program disrupts packet processing for the affected device; in eBPF-datapath deployments this breaks forwarding/NAT/policy and causes loss of network connectivity for the node or its workloads." } ] } ], "affected": [ { "product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "unaffected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": [ "include/linux/bpf.h", "include/linux/bpf_mprog.h", "kernel/bpf/syscall.c" ], "versions": [ { "version": "e420bed025071a623d2720a92bc2245c84757ecb", "lessThan": "4e0772cded109c238411f2fac36ac39302758b81", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "e420bed025071a623d2720a92bc2245c84757ecb", "lessThan": "3f04cc1e5374da4c5e791ae010a06cfea7bacbe6", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "e420bed025071a623d2720a92bc2245c84757ecb", "lessThan": "ae23bc81ddf7c17b663c4ed1b21e35527b0a7131", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" } ] }, { "product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "affected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": [ "include/linux/bpf.h", "include/linux/bpf_mprog.h", "kernel/bpf/syscall.c" ], "versions": [ { "version": "6.6", "status": "affected" }, { "version": "0", "lessThan": "6.6", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "6.18.14", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.18.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "6.19.4", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.19.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "7.0", "lessThanOrEqual": "*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix" } ] } ], "cpeApplicability": [ { "nodes": [ { "operator": "OR", "negate": false, "cpeMatch": [ { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "6.6", "versionEndExcluding": "6.18.14" }, { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "6.6", "versionEndExcluding": "6.19.4" }, { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "6.6", "versionEndExcluding": "7.0" } ] } ] } ], "references": [ { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4e0772cded109c238411f2fac36ac39302758b81" }, { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3f04cc1e5374da4c5e791ae010a06cfea7bacbe6" }, { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ae23bc81ddf7c17b663c4ed1b21e35527b0a7131" } ], "title": "bpf: Fix tcx/netkit detach permissions when prog fd isn't given", "x_generator": { "engine": "bippy-1.2.0" } } } }