Bug 2492299 (CVE-2026-53078) - CVE-2026-53078 kernel: bpf: Fix same-register dst/src OOB read and pointer leak in sock_ops
Summary: CVE-2026-53078 kernel: bpf: Fix same-register dst/src OOB read and pointer le...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-53078
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2026-06-24 18:04 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-06-25 17:49 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-06-24 18:04:18 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

bpf: Fix same-register dst/src OOB read and pointer leak in sock_ops

When a BPF sock_ops program accesses ctx fields with dst_reg == src_reg,
the SOCK_OPS_GET_SK() and SOCK_OPS_GET_FIELD() macros fail to zero the
destination register in the !fullsock / !locked_tcp_sock path.

Both macros borrow a temporary register to check is_fullsock /
is_locked_tcp_sock when dst_reg == src_reg, because dst_reg holds the
ctx pointer. When the check is false (e.g., TCP_NEW_SYN_RECV state with
a request_sock), dst_reg should be zeroed but is not, leaving the stale
ctx pointer:

 - SOCK_OPS_GET_SK: dst_reg retains the ctx pointer, passes NULL checks
   as PTR_TO_SOCKET_OR_NULL, and can be used as a bogus socket pointer,
   leading to stack-out-of-bounds access in helpers like
   bpf_skc_to_tcp6_sock().

 - SOCK_OPS_GET_FIELD: dst_reg retains the ctx pointer which the
   verifier believes is a SCALAR_VALUE, leaking a kernel pointer.

Fix both macros by:
 - Changing JMP_A(1) to JMP_A(2) in the fullsock path to skip the
   added instruction.
 - Adding BPF_MOV64_IMM(si->dst_reg, 0) after the temp register
   restore in the !fullsock path, placed after the restore because
   dst_reg == src_reg means we need src_reg intact to read ctx->temp.


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