CVE-2026-53031 (GCVE-0-2026-53031)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-06-24 16:29
Modified
2026-10-19 19:47
Severity ?
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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().
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Linux Linux Version: 317460317a02a1af512697e6e964298dedd8a163
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Version: 317460317a02a1af512697e6e964298dedd8a163
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