THREAT OPS › Threat News › [NVD] CVE-2026-63809 (HIGH 7.8) — In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
bpf: use kvfree() for replaced sysctl write buffer
proc_sys_call_handler() allocates its temporary sysctl buffer with
kvzalloc() and passes it to __cgroup_bpf_run_filter_sysctl(). Since
kvzalloc() may fall back
[NVD] CVE-2026-63809 (HIGH 7.8) — In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bpf: use kvfree() for replaced sysctl write buffer proc_sys_call_handler() allocates its temporary sysctl buffer with kvzalloc() and passes it to __cgroup_bpf_run_filter_sysctl(). Since kvzalloc() may fall back
CVE-2026-63809 CVSS: 7.8 HIGH Published: 2026-07-19T12:16:53.757
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
bpf: use kvfree() for replaced sysctl write buffer
proc_sys_call_handler() allocates its temporary sysctl buffer with kvzalloc() and passes it to __cgroup_bpf_run_filter_sysctl(). Since kvzalloc() may fall back to vmalloc() for large allocations, freeing that buff
Indicators of compromise
- CVE-2026-63809cve
Original source: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-63809