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          "lang": "en",
          "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnet/sched: cls_bpf: reject dev-bound programs bound to a different device\n\ncls_bpf_prog_from_efd() obtained a SCHED_CLS program via\nbpf_prog_get_type_dev() but never verified that a device-bound (offloaded)\nprogram\u0027s bound netdev matches the TC netdev the classifier is being\nattached to. This let a program loaded with prog_ifindex for device A be\nattached via cls_bpf + skip_sw to device B; deleting device A then\ndestroyed the program\u0027s offload state while it was still attached to\ndevice B, triggering a netdevsim WARN (panic with panic_on_warn=1).\n\nMirror the XDP attach path (net/core/dev.c) and reject the attach with\n-EINVAL when a dev-bound program\u0027s bound device does not match the\ntarget device."
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            "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
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              "value": "AV:L - Exploitation requires local RTM_NEWTFILTER and bpf(2) syscalls to misattach a dev-bound cls_bpf program and delete the bound netdev; received network packets are not the trigger and no remote pre-auth path reaches this code.\nAC:L - The attacker fully controls bpf load on device A, cls_bpf attach with SKIP_SW to device B, and deletion of device A, deterministically reproducing the offload teardown while the program remains referenced on device B.\nPR:L - RTNL TC filter operations require CAP_NET_ADMIN and BPF_PROG_TYPE_SCHED_CLS loading requires CAP_NET_ADMIN (and often CAP_BPF), all grantable to the namespace root created by an unprivileged user via unshare -Urn per kernel CNA guidance.\nUI:N - No victim interaction is required; the attacker performs bpf program load, cls_bpf attach, and netdev deletion through their own namespace-local administrative operations.\nS:U - Impact is kernel memory corruption, panic, or privilege escalation within the same host kernel and does not cross VM, container, or IOMMU boundaries into a separate security authority.\nC:H - Deleting the bound netdev destroys bpf offload private state while cls_bpf on another device still holds the program reference, freeing dev_private metadata and creating a use-after-free that can leak kernel heap contents on subsequent TC/BPF operations.\nI:H - The lifetime mismatch frees attacker-influenceable offload objects while references remain, enabling heap grooming and memory corruption that can be leveraged into arbitrary kernel writes or code execution.\nA:H - netdevsim WARNs when offload state is destroyed while the program remains loaded on another port, causing kernel panic on systems with panic_on_warn enabled, and dereferencing freed offload state can also trigger kernel oops or hang."
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    "cveId": "CVE-2026-74736",
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    "dateReserved": "2026-08-15T05:44:03.930Z",
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