7.8

CVE-2026-23319

bpf: Fix a UAF issue in bpf_trampoline_link_cgroup_shim

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

bpf: Fix a UAF issue in bpf_trampoline_link_cgroup_shim

The root cause of this bug is that when 'bpf_link_put' reduces the
refcount of 'shim_link->link.link' to zero, the resource is considered
released but may still be referenced via 'tr->progs_hlist' in
'cgroup_shim_find'. The actual cleanup of 'tr->progs_hlist' in
'bpf_shim_tramp_link_release' is deferred. During this window, another
process can cause a use-after-free via 'bpf_trampoline_link_cgroup_shim'.

Based on Martin KaFai Lau's suggestions, I have created a simple patch.

To fix this:
   Add an atomic non-zero check in 'bpf_trampoline_link_cgroup_shim'.
   Only increment the refcount if it is not already zero.

Testing:
   I verified the fix by adding a delay in
   'bpf_shim_tramp_link_release' to make the bug easier to trigger:

static void bpf_shim_tramp_link_release(struct bpf_link *link)
{
	/* ... */
	if (!shim_link->trampoline)
		return;

+	msleep(100);
	WARN_ON_ONCE(bpf_trampoline_unlink_prog(&shim_link->link,
		shim_link->trampoline, NULL));
	bpf_trampoline_put(shim_link->trampoline);
}

Before the patch, running a PoC easily reproduced the crash(almost 100%)
with a call trace similar to KaiyanM's report.
After the patch, the bug no longer occurs even after millions of
iterations.
Daten sind bereitgestellt durch National Vulnerability Database (NVD)
LinuxLinux Kernel Version >= 6.0.1 < 6.1.167
LinuxLinux Kernel Version >= 6.2 < 6.6.130
LinuxLinux Kernel Version >= 6.7 < 6.12.77
LinuxLinux Kernel Version >= 6.13 < 6.18.17
LinuxLinux Kernel Version >= 6.19 < 6.19.7
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EPSS Metriken
Typ Quelle Score Percentile
EPSS FIRST.org 0.13% 0.026
CVSS Metriken
Quelle Base Score Exploit Score Impact Score Vector String
nvd@nist.gov 7.8 1.8 5.9
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE-416 Use After Free

The product reuses or references memory after it has been freed. At some point afterward, the memory may be allocated again and saved in another pointer, while the original pointer references a location somewhere within the new allocation. Any operations using the original pointer are no longer valid because the memory "belongs" to the code that operates on the new pointer.

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/529e685e522b9d7fb379dbe6929dcdf520e34c8c
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9b02c5c4147f8af8ed783c8deb5df927a55c3951
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cfcfa0ca0212162aa472551266038e8fd6768cff
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3eeddb80191f7626ec1ef742bfff51ec3b0fa5c2
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4e8a0005d633a4adc98e3b65d5080f93b90d356b
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/56145d237385ca0e7ca9ff7b226aaf2eb8ef368b
Patch