Machine-written summary
Summary written by Claude Haiku from the source advisory. Not reviewed by a person.
Linux kernel BPF per-CPU maps with special fields are affected when the value size is not a multiple of 8, starting with 6.1. Lookups can return stale kernel heap contents from value padding to user space. Upgrade to 6.1.191, 6.6.157, 6.12.110, 6.18.52, or a later release in those series. No workaround is listed.
Not analysed yet
We haven’t published our own analysis of this CVE. If a person reviews it, this page will say what’s affected and what has to be true for it to matter.
Severity and exploitation
No source has published a CVSS score for this record yet.
- CISA KEV Not listed.
- EPSS 0.0017, the 6th percentile, on 13 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Timeline
Sources
References from the CNA
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/e0653c8f718109d140e806daac166c43e2b2b8bd
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/953e85da53541a8dc3e7ad4e8532f29a34a32eae
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/003bf840ed3326bd01396ce7d5b431cef0d371e7
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/5e9f69829835521aa2942d1d14bd0990fbc6991e
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/ff3f22ed8d2f350b4c24ee26e33daea5f08d58ef
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/7cf9cd98cf6f0df3befc167ca6b54c07014d71de