Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net/atm: fix slab-out-of-bounds read in vcc_setsockopt()
vcc_setsockopt() contained an ineffective optlen check: if (__SO_LEVEL_MATCH(optname, level) && optlen != __SO_SIZE(optname)) return -EINVAL;
If __SO_LEVEL_MATCH(optname, level) evaluated to false (e.g. if the caller passed a mismatched level), the length check optlen != __SO_SIZE(optname) was short-circuited and bypassed. Execution then fell through to switch(optname), calling copy_from_sockptr() assuming optval contained sufficient space.
Furthermore, even if level matched, a cgroup BPF setsockopt filter could shrink optlen after entry. Because copy_from_sockptr() on kernel pointers uses memcpy(), this leads to a KASAN slab-out-of-bounds read when optlen is smaller than the expected structure size.
Fix this by using copy_safe_from_sockptr(), which unconditionally validates that optlen is at least the expected size before copying. Also change the local 'value' variable type from 'unsigned long' to 'int' so that SO_SETCLP matches its sizeof(int) ABI encoding on 64-bit systems.
Metrics
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:HAffected software
Source: the vendor's advisory (CNA). NVD analysis pending.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux | >= 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2, < b3bcd5d65ac03c15787b2a5b36c718e26a689336; >= 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2, < 35f258fee9ed358c6d0f57f91c30bf029c3724af; >= 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2, < 6eb6af88710977eb529b558a07294874d8c40c4d; >= 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2, < 9f77c1ab382188f5b51982fab6d913443b6dc59f; >= 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2, < 2c5988c7349c0b64a7e0441bfc6e1dca54f7116a; >= 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2, < d0c80dbb970439bd2eeb0e5effff8c16a5f4e1e3 |
| Linux | Linux | 2.6.12 |
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2c5988c7349c0b64a7e0441bfc6e1dca54f7116a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/35f258fee9ed358c6d0f57f91c30bf029c3724af
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6eb6af88710977eb529b558a07294874d8c40c4d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9f77c1ab382188f5b51982fab6d913443b6dc59f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b3bcd5d65ac03c15787b2a5b36c718e26a689336
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d0c80dbb970439bd2eeb0e5effff8c16a5f4e1e3
Timeline
- Published
- Aug 22, 2026
- Last modified
- Oct 16, 2026
- NVD status
- Received