In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
phonet: pep: do not write beyond optlen in getsockopt
pep_getsockopt() clamps the reported length to the caller's buffer with
min_t(), but then stores the value with put_user(val, (int __user *)
optval), which always writes sizeof(int) bytes. A getsockopt() call with
an optlen smaller than sizeof(int) thus reports the clamped length yet
writes a full int, one to three bytes past the user buffer.
Write the value with copy_to_user() bounded by len, so at most optlen
bytes are copied, matching the length reported back to userspace.
phonet: pep: do not write beyond optlen in getsockopt
pep_getsockopt() clamps the reported length to the caller's buffer with
min_t(), but then stores the value with put_user(val, (int __user *)
optval), which always writes sizeof(int) bytes. A getsockopt() call with
an optlen smaller than sizeof(int) thus reports the clamped length yet
writes a full int, one to three bytes past the user buffer.
Write the value with copy_to_user() bounded by len, so at most optlen
bytes are copied, matching the length reported back to userspace.
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Thu, 17 Sep 2026 16:30:00 +0000
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| Description | In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: phonet: pep: do not write beyond optlen in getsockopt pep_getsockopt() clamps the reported length to the caller's buffer with min_t(), but then stores the value with put_user(val, (int __user *) optval), which always writes sizeof(int) bytes. A getsockopt() call with an optlen smaller than sizeof(int) thus reports the clamped length yet writes a full int, one to three bytes past the user buffer. Write the value with copy_to_user() bounded by len, so at most optlen bytes are copied, matching the length reported back to userspace. | |
| Title | phonet: pep: do not write beyond optlen in getsockopt | |
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Linux
Linux linux Kernel |
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| CPEs | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
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Linux
Linux linux Kernel |
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Linux
Published:
Updated: 2026-09-17T16:08:42.017Z
Reserved: 2026-09-11T19:38:34.802Z
Link: CVE-2026-90327
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NVD
Status : Received
Published: 2026-09-17T17:17:30.800
Modified: 2026-09-17T17:17:30.800
Link: CVE-2026-90327
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