CVE-2026-63865 (GCVE-0-2026-63865)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-07-19 14:04
Modified
2026-08-05 12:36
Severity ?
8.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bpf: Drop task_to_inode and inet_conn_established from lsm sleepable hooks bpf_lsm_task_to_inode() is called under rcu_read_lock() and bpf_lsm_inet_conn_established() is called from softirq context, so neither hook can be used by sleepable LSM programs.
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Linux Linux Version: 423f16108c9d832bd96059d5c882c8ef6d76eb96
Version: 423f16108c9d832bd96059d5c882c8ef6d76eb96
Version: 423f16108c9d832bd96059d5c882c8ef6d76eb96
Version: 423f16108c9d832bd96059d5c882c8ef6d76eb96
Version: 423f16108c9d832bd96059d5c882c8ef6d76eb96
Version: 423f16108c9d832bd96059d5c882c8ef6d76eb96
Version: 423f16108c9d832bd96059d5c882c8ef6d76eb96
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