High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published May 28, 2026· Updated Jun 10, 2026
CVE-2026-46234
CVE-2026-46234
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
vsock: fix buffer size clamping order
In vsock_update_buffer_size(), the buffer size was being clamped to the maximum first, and then to the minimum. If a user sets a minimum buffer size larger than the maximum, the minimum check overrides the maximum check, inverting the constraint.
This breaks the intended socket memory boundaries by allowing the vsk->buffer_size to grow beyond the configured vsk->buffer_max_size.
Fix this by checking the minimum first, and then the maximum. This ensures the buffer size never exceeds the buffer_max_size.
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References
8- git.kernel.org/stable/c/01ef69785dc3162f588a361ab770b1e312800188nvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/0b68881501460c3761f196469e1e503218c5e536nvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/2602f7bb5818e92315feeaeb71d8ce4d5c9ab160nvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/310da27932dd0afe7ce7456dfe1f0814c3301f41nvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/a998a7e250bf976539e05a00ec64a81292afecaanvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/caf11dfea5233a69298a1c448bbf8d1639c80536nvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/d114bfdc9b76bf93b881e195b7ec957c14227babnvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/f6ec135941d2c1c2dbb87b5ce1783f4f6ac6cccanvdPatch
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