High severity · published Sep 11, 2026
CVE-2026-89579
bpf: Harden bloom filter sizing and indexing on 32-bit kernels
7.8
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
bpf: Harden bloom filter sizing and indexing on 32-bit kernels
bloom_map_alloc() has two 32-bit-specific problems when the computed
bitmap reaches the U32_MAX fallback case.
First, BITS_TO_BYTES(U32_MAX) is evaluated with 32-bit arithmetic. The
addition performed by DIV_ROUND_UP wraps, so the map allocates only the
fixed-size bloom filter object while keeping bitset_mask == U32_MAX.
Subsequent updates can then write past the allocated object.
Second, fixing only the allocation size is not sufficient. The bloom hash
is a u32, but set_bit() takes a signed long bit number and x86 test_bit()
eventually feeds the index to variable_test_bit(long, ...). On 32-bit
kernels, hashes in [0x80000000, U32_MAX] therefore become negative bit
offsets. x86 bt/bts with a memory operand interpret those offsets relative
to the supplied base, so a map with bitset_mask == U32_MAX can read or
write before bloom->bitset even after allocating the full 512 MiB bitmap.
Keep the U32_MAX fallback, but split each hash into a word pointer and an
in-word bit number before calling test_bit() or set_bit(). The bitops
argument is then always in [0, BITS_PER_LONG - 1], while BIT_WORD(h) still
selects the intended word in the full bitmap.
Compute the bitset size from (u64)bitset_mask + 1 before passing the final
size to bpf_map_area_alloc(). This fixes the original under-allocation and
keeps the allocated storage consistent with the addressable bitset.
Exploitation note: local privilege escalation is possible on a 32-bit x86
kernel using the under-allocation bug from a binary with CAP_BPF.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 6% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
LI
Linux · Linux
9330986c03006ab1d33d243b7cfe598a7a3c1baa before a6183bc683f97f4317f7e84939ca7fff37c5688b; 9330986c03006ab1d33d243b7cfe598a7a3c1baa before 80551bf8912c42d1e3d55eec6fa3c40f306c3de8; 9330986c03006ab1d33d243b7cfe598a7a3c1baa before 3b7a13eccfcf97714ffc1ca6aa663d66d4a30e29; 9330986c03006ab1d33d243b7cfe598a7a3c1baa before 272fcb4ba6fab678db0eb966dc81c4c804bef64a; 9330986c03006ab1d33d243b7cfe598a7a3c1baa before dff481e12b3f127739f6a4ea7cef2c25dc12e056; 9330986c03006ab1d33d243b7cfe598a7a3c1baa before 11c1e836710dcba03e50454a4eedfdbaf8d3050e; +1 more · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-89579
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-89579
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/11c1e836710dcba03e50454a4eedfdbaf8d3050e
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/272fcb4ba6fab678db0eb966dc81c4c804bef64a
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3b7a13eccfcf97714ffc1ca6aa663d66d4a30e29
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/80551bf8912c42d1e3d55eec6fa3c40f306c3de8
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a6183bc683f97f4317f7e84939ca7fff37c5688b
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dff481e12b3f127739f6a4ea7cef2c25dc12e056
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