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tcp: restrict SO_ATTACH_FILTER to priv users
authorEric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Fri, 5 Jun 2026 11:21:34 +0000 (11:21 +0000)
committerJakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Mon, 8 Jun 2026 22:37:10 +0000 (15:37 -0700)
commit5d39580f68e6ddeedd15e587282207489dfb3da2
tree84053803c7ec09af0bcfa7d8bd21441ddb11bf85
parent9772589b57e44aedc240211c5c3f7a684a034d3a
tcp: restrict SO_ATTACH_FILTER to priv users

This patch restricts the use of SO_ATTACH_FILTER (cBPF) on TCP sockets
to users with CAP_NET_ADMIN capability.

This blocks potential side-channel attack where an unprivileged application
attaches a filter to leak TCP sequence/acknowledgment numbers.

Fixes: 1da177e4c3f4 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2")
Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Reported-by: Tamir Shahar <tamirthesis@gmail.com>
Reported-by: Amit Klein <aksecurity@gmail.com>
Cc: Willem de Bruijn <willemb@google.com>
Cc: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
Cc: Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net>
Cc: Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@kernel.org>
Cc: Martin KaFai Lau <martin.lau@linux.dev>
Cc: Eduard Zingerman <eddyz87@gmail.com>
Cc: Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi <memxor@gmail.com>
Cc: Song Liu <song@kernel.org>
Cc: Yonghong Song <yonghong.song@linux.dev>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>
Cc: John Fastabend <john.fastabend@gmail.com>
Cc: Stanislav Fomichev <sdf@fomichev.me>
Acked-by: Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net>
Reviewed-by: Willem de Bruijn <willemb@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
net/core/sock.c