CVE-2026-45971

Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-45971
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-45971.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2026-45971
Downstream
Published
2026-05-27T12:18:30.651Z
Modified
2026-07-08T08:09:40.413899799Z
Summary
bpf: Limit bpf program signature size
Details

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

bpf: Limit bpf program signature size

Practical BPF signatures are significantly smaller than KMALLOCMAXCACHE_SIZE

Allowing larger sizes opens the door for abuse by passing excessive size values and forcing the kernel into expensive allocation paths (via kmalloc_large or vmalloc).

Database specific
{
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/45xxx/CVE-2026-45971.json",
    "cna_assigner": "Linux"
}
References

Affected packages

Git / git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
349271568303695f0ac3563af153d2b4542f6986
Fixed
5835a077c6f5c565d525eaca9fac01572b97a9b9
Fixed
eb8166c79097996396468a341de258a798789d36
Fixed
ea1535e28bb3773fc0b3cbd1f3842b808016990c

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-45971.json"

Linux / Kernel

Package

Name
Kernel

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.18.0
Fixed
6.18.14
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.19.0
Fixed
6.19.4

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-45971.json"