In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/atm: fix slab-out-of-bounds read in vcc_setsockopt() vcc_setsoc…
CVE-2026-74689 · published 22 Aug 2026
How serious is it
- Severity: high, CVSS score 7.1 out of 10.
- No exploit prediction (EPSS) score yet.
- Not on the CISA list of exploited vulnerabilities.
- No public exploit in Exploit-DB.
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Who is affected
- Linux Linux: 2.6.12
How to check
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How to fix
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- Apply the vendor's update or mitigation from the references below. If there is none yet, limit exposure of the affected service until there is.
- If a vulnerable version was live, check your logs and rotate the secrets that server could read.
The advisory
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.
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References
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/2c5988c7349c0b64a7e0441bfc6e1dca54f7116a
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/35f258fee9ed358c6d0f57f91c30bf029c3724af
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/6eb6af88710977eb529b558a07294874d8c40c4d
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/9f77c1ab382188f5b51982fab6d913443b6dc59f
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/b3bcd5d65ac03c15787b2a5b36c718e26a689336
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/d0c80dbb970439bd2eeb0e5effff8c16a5f4e1e3
Merged from NVD. Last updated 24 Oct 2026. All vulnerabilities · RSS · JSON