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High ELSA-2026-76045 1 CVE

Important: libpcap security update (Oracle Linux 8)

Published Oct 5, 2026 · Updated Oct 5, 2026

Ecosystem: Oracle Linux

Summary

[14:1.9.1-6]
- Fix CVE-2026-0799: add bounds checks for BPF scratch memory register
indices in the BPF interpreter
- Resolves: RHEL-256926

Fixed packages 2

ReleasePackageFixed in
Oracle Linux · 8 libpcap 14:1.9.1-6.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 libpcap-devel 14:1.9.1-6.el8_10

Vulnerabilities 1

  • High 8.7
    CVE-2026-0799

    OOBR and OOBW in libpcap before 1.10.7

    In BPF instructions that load/store a value from/to a scratch memory register the register index is an unsigned 32-bit integer and must not exceed 15, but libpcap BPF interpreter does not validate the value. In particular uncommon use cases a crafted filter p…

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