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CVE-2026-53099 (GCVE-0-2026-53099)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-06-24 16:30 – Updated: 2026-06-24 16:30
VLAI
Title
bpf: Switch CONFIG_CFI_CLANG to CONFIG_CFI
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bpf: Switch CONFIG_CFI_CLANG to CONFIG_CFI This was renamed in commit 23ef9d439769 ("kcfi: Rename CONFIG_CFI_CLANG to CONFIG_CFI") as it is now a compiler-agnostic option. Using the wrong name results in the code getting compiled out. Meaning the CFI failures for btf_dtor_kfunc_t would still trigger.
Severity
5.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Linux Linux Affected: 99fde4d0626176d03cea35c64a063df73816e64d , < f74fce43dbc059e059b5346a670f697c0e97b1d0 (git)
Affected: 99fde4d0626176d03cea35c64a063df73816e64d , < 9b0cf064ea0a6bac5e1a5fb43b004fd52fbe2b3b (git)
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Linux Linux Affected: 7.0
Unaffected: 0 , < 7.0 (semver)
Unaffected: 7.0.10 , ≤ 7.0.* (semver)
Unaffected: 7.1 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)
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