UNKNOWN NVD
CVE-2026-80738
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bpf: Check sk_state before sk_protocol in bpf_tcp_*_syncookie bpf_tcp_gen_syncookie and bp
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
bpf: Check sk_state before sk_protocol in bpf_tcp_*_syncookie
bpf_tcp_gen_syncookie and bpf_tcp_check_syncookie accept a socket pointer
'sk' with argument type ARG_PTR_TO_BTF_ID_SOCK_COMMON. However, they access
sk->sk_protocol without validating whether 'sk' represents a full socket.
Fix this issue by checking sk->sk_state != TCP_LISTEN before inspecting
sk->sk_protocol in both bpf_tcp_gen_syncookie and bpf_tcp_check_syncookie.
Since mini-sockets are never in the TCP_LISTEN state, the condition
short-circuits and prevents dereferencing fullsock-specific fields.
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/23f682083aa3fbc0c49667818efd6979a8bc5ac2
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/31a420a822ff92e2090bd5d65efe8e34e2d6d9b8
This unknown severity vulnerability was published on 2026-09-03 via NVD.
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