{"id":"CVE-2026-53099","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2026-53099","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T03:42:19.403Z","title":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bpf: Switch CONFIG_CFI_CLANG to CONFIG_CFI This was renamed in commit 23ef9d439769 (\"kcfi: Rename CONFIG_CFI_CLANG to CONFIG_CFI\") as it is now a compiler-agnostic option.","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nbpf: Switch CONFIG_CFI_CLANG to CONFIG_CFI\n\nThis was renamed in commit 23ef9d439769 (\"kcfi: Rename CONFIG_CFI_CLANG\nto CONFIG_CFI\") as it is now a compiler-agnostic option. Using the wrong\nname results in the code getting compiled out. Meaning the CFI failures\nfor btf_dtor_kfunc_t would still trigger.","published":"2026-06-24T17:17:24.000Z","lastModified":"2026-07-21T18:21:22.000Z","status":"Analyzed","sourceIdentifier":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":5.5,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"},"cwe":[],"affected":["linux/linux kernel"],"epss":{"score":0.00143,"percentile":0.03601,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.14%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9b0cf064ea0a6bac5e1a5fb43b004fd52fbe2b3b","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f74fce43dbc059e059b5346a670f697c0e97b1d0","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-53099","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}