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        "dateReserved": "2026-06-09T07:44:35.380Z",
        "datePublished": "2026-06-24T16:29:39.043Z",
        "dateUpdated": "2026-08-05T12:32:45.100Z"
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                    "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nbpf: Validate node_id in arena_alloc_pages()\n\narena_alloc_pages() accepts a plain int node_id and forwards it through\nthe entire allocation chain without any bounds checking.\n\nValidate node_id before passing it down the allocation chain in\narena_alloc_pages()."
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                            "value": "AV:L - An attacker must use local BPF syscalls to create/use a BPF arena map and load/execute a BPF program that calls the arena kfunc. The vulnerable path is not reachable directly from network, adjacent, or physical input.\nAC:L - The attacker directly controls the `node_id` argument passed to `bpf_arena_alloc_pages()` and can repeatedly trigger the BPF program. No race or external condition is required.\nPR:L - Using BPF arena requires BPF privileges (`CAP_BPF` and `CAP_PERFMON`) or a delegated BPF token, which can be available to a namespaced/container user in a reasonable deployment. Under the required higher-severity tie-break rule, this is scored as low rather than high privilege.\nUI:N - No victim action is required after the attacker has local ability to load and run the BPF program. The attacker can trigger the kfunc directly through BPF execution.\nS:U - The vulnerable component and impacted resource are both the local kernel. This is standard local kernel compromise/DoS scope, not a VM or hardware boundary crossing.\nC:H - The unchecked `node_id` flows into NUMA allocator metadata lookup (`NODE_DATA`/zonelists), creating out-of-bounds or invalid kernel memory access rather than a bounded harmless failure. Under the higher-severity rule, allocator metadata misuse is treated as potentially enabling high-impact information disclosure.\nI:H - Invalid NUMA allocator state can cause the page allocator to operate on bogus per-node/zone structures, which can plausibly corrupt kernel allocator state. Under the higher-severity rule, this is scored as potential high-integrity kernel memory corruption.\nA:H - Invalid negative, out-of-range, or offline node IDs can hit allocator assertions, NULL/invalid dereferences, or corrupted zonelist traversal, causing an oops/panic. The attacker can trigger this repeatedly from the malicious BPF program."
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