CVE-2026-53031 (GCVE-0-2026-53031)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-06-24 16:29 – Updated: 2026-08-05 12:32
VLAI
Title
bpf: Validate node_id in arena_alloc_pages()
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bpf: Validate node_id in arena_alloc_pages() arena_alloc_pages() accepts a plain int node_id and forwards it through the entire allocation chain without any bounds checking. Validate node_id before passing it down the allocation chain in arena_alloc_pages().
Severity
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Linux Linux Affected: 317460317a02a1af512697e6e964298dedd8a163 , < 31d3b4b28e55835646d6829d60023f730dd34e85 (git)
Affected: 317460317a02a1af512697e6e964298dedd8a163 , < e15900888c09480a4c632bc598f1c5bd39bed6d6 (git)
Affected: 317460317a02a1af512697e6e964298dedd8a163 , < fb66e20130f95a93ffea1677252526a9e39170b2 (git)
Affected: 317460317a02a1af512697e6e964298dedd8a163 , < 2845989f2ebaf7848e4eccf9a779daf3156ea0a5 (git)
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Linux Linux Affected: 6.9
Unaffected: 0 , < 6.9 (semver)
Unaffected: 6.12.91 , ≤ 6.12.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.18.33 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver)
Unaffected: 7.0.10 , ≤ 7.0.* (semver)
Unaffected: 7.1 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)
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