Bug 2529088 (CVE-2026-31912) - CVE-2026-31912 libpcap: libpcap: Denial of service via crafted BPF filter program
Summary: CVE-2026-31912 libpcap: libpcap: Denial of service via crafted BPF filter pro...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-31912
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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medium
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Depends On: 2529899
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Reported: 2026-09-05 19:01 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-09-08 15:54 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-09-05 19:01:20 UTC
libpcap BPF interpreter detects neither reaching the end of the filter program buffer due to lack of a return instruction nor executing a jump instruction with an offset that translates to a pointer outside of the buffer.  In particular uncommon use cases a crafted filter program can cause the interpreter to try reading the OS process memory in the 32GiB around the buffer on 64-bit architectures and in the entire address space on 32-bit architectures.


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