CVE-2026-63864
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Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bpf: Propagate error from visit_tailcall_insn Commit e40f5a6bf88a ("bpf: correct stack liveness for tail calls") added visit_tailcall_insn() but did not check its return value.
Severity
HIGH
CVSS score
8.4
(v3.1)
Vulnerability status
Analyzed
Source identifier
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
Published
2026-07-19 15:16:53.303000
Last modified
2026-10-26 16:55:46.360000
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