Unspecified local impact via unchecked pointer-array access
Published Sep 4, 2026 · Updated Sep 4, 2026
Improper user-pointer validation in the Linux BPF subsystem allows local users to cause an unspecified impact through BPF link creation. The copy_user_syms function in kernel/trace/bpf_trace.c calls __get_user on the user-supplied symbol-pointer array without first validating the entire array with access_ok. The vulnerable path processes symbol names for multi-kprobe attachment; the Linux kernel CVE team has not published a concrete security consequence or required privilege level.
Summary
What happened
Improper user-pointer validation in the Linux BPF subsystem allows local users to cause an unspecified impact through BPF link creation. The copy_user_syms function in kernel/trace/bpf_trace.c calls __get_user on the user-supplied symbol-pointer array without first validating the entire array with access_ok. The vulnerable path processes symbol names for multi-kprobe attachment; the Linux kernel CVE team has not published a concrete security consequence or required privilege level.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-80865
- Published
- Sep 4, 2026
- Updated
- Sep 4, 2026
- Vendor
- The Linux Kernel Organization
- Product
- Linux
- Classifications
- Unavailable
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- Unavailable
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Sep 4, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Sep 4, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=0236fec57a15dc2a068dfe4488e0c2ab4559b1ec <0b6252afcd1965f77c6a6f8a802a2e1381822b98
- Affected versionversion=0236fec57a15dc2a068dfe4488e0c2ab4559b1ec <128391b57e0977c35243672a6f970073651f3831
- Affected versionversion=0236fec57a15dc2a068dfe4488e0c2ab4559b1ec <28ce7bcf8a29aa395b60764df4c97be745de89d0
- Affected versionversion=0236fec57a15dc2a068dfe4488e0c2ab4559b1ec <8b719cef5ac30ab83ce5693c5faf10e4944874af
- Affected versionversion=0236fec57a15dc2a068dfe4488e0c2ab4559b1ec <a67f7f9647cb243b3be32163e88e5bc76e3d51e9
- Affected versionversion=0236fec57a15dc2a068dfe4488e0c2ab4559b1ec <d5dc200c3a3f217de072af269dd90adddf90e48d
- Affected versionversion=5.19
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