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GHSA-P87W-4Q4G-FJPW

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-05-27 15:33 – Updated: 2026-05-27 15:33

Details

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

bpf: Fix tcx/netkit detach permissions when prog fd isn't given

This commit fixes a security issue where BPF_PROG_DETACH on tcx or netkit devices could be executed by any user when no program fd was provided, bypassing permission checks. The fix adds a capability check for CAP_NET_ADMIN or CAP_SYS_ADMIN in this case.

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CVE-2026-45932 (GCVE-0-2026-45932)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-05-27 12:17 – Updated: 2026-05-27 12:17

Title

bpf: Fix tcx/netkit detach permissions when prog fd isn't given

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bpf: Fix tcx/netkit detach permissions when prog fd isn't given This commit fixes a security issue where BPF_PROG_DETACH on tcx or netkit devices could be executed by any user when no program fd was provided, bypassing permission checks. The fix adds a capability check for CAP_NET_ADMIN or CAP_SYS_ADMIN in this case.

Severity

No CVSS data available.

Assigner

Linux

References

3 references

URL	Tags
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4e0772cded109c238…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3f04cc1e5374da4c5…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ae23bc81ddf7c17b6…

Impacted products

2 products

Vendor	Product	Version
Linux	Linux	Affected: e420bed025071a623d2720a92bc2245c84757ecb , < 4e0772cded109c238411f2fac36ac39302758b81 (git) Affected: e420bed025071a623d2720a92bc2245c84757ecb , < 3f04cc1e5374da4c5e791ae010a06cfea7bacbe6 (git) Affected: e420bed025071a623d2720a92bc2245c84757ecb , < ae23bc81ddf7c17b663c4ed1b21e35527b0a7131 (git)
Linux	Linux	Affected: 6.6 Unaffected: 0 , < 6.6 (semver) Unaffected: 6.18.14 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.19.4 , ≤ 6.19.* (semver) Unaffected: 7.0 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)

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GHSA-P87W-4Q4G-FJPW

CVE-2026-45932 (GCVE-0-2026-45932)

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