VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2026-45971
CVSS score5.5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.12%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2026-05-27
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bpf: Limit bpf program signature size Practical BPF signatures are significantly smaller than KMALLOC_MAX_CACHE_SIZE Allowing larger sizes opens the door for abuse by passing excessive size values and forcing the kernel into expensive allocation paths (via kmalloc_large or vmalloc).