Improper Handling of Insufficient Permissions or Privileges Affecting bpftool package, versions <0:7.0.0-284.193.1.el9_2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.18% (7th percentile)

Do your applications use this vulnerable package?

In a few clicks we can analyze your entire application and see what components are vulnerable in your application, and suggest you quick fixes.

Test your applications
  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL9-BPFTOOL-20065863
  • published23 Sept 2026
  • disclosed28 May 2026

Introduced: 28 May 2026

CVE-2026-46150  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-280  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:9 bpftool to version 0:7.0.0-284.193.1.el9_2 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2026:70482.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream bpftool package and not the bpftool package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

fanotify: fix false positive on permission events

fsnotify_get_mark_safe() may return false for a mark on an unrelated group, which results in bypassing the permission check.

Fix by skipping over detached marks that are not in the current group.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1