CVE-2026-45903

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's Berkeley Packet Filter (BPF) verifier. This vulnerability occurs because several BPF helper functions lack proper memory access flags, such as MEM_RDONLY or MEM_WRITE. Consequently, the verifier may incorrectly assume that buffer contents remain unchanged across helper calls, leading to incorrect optimizations. This can result in data integrity issues within the kernel, potentially affecting system stability and reliability.

The default Red Hat Enterprise Linux kernel prevents unprivileged users from being able to use eBPF by the kernel.unprivileged_bpf_disabled sysctl. This would require a privileged user with CAP_SYS_ADMIN or root to be able to abuse this flaw reducing its attack space.

For the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 to confirm the current state, inspect the sysctl with the command:

cat /proc/sys/kernel/unprivileged_bpf_disabled

The setting of 1 would mean that unprivileged users can not use eBPF, mitigating the flaw.

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