bpf: Fix potential UAF in bpf_netns_link_update_prog (Linux Linux)

CVE-2026-90393
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At a glance

Source
NVD
EPSS
EPSS 0.23 % · percentile 14 ()
State
PUBLISHED
Published
Updated
Assigner
Linux
NVD status
Received

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bpf: Fix potential UAF in bpf_netns_link_update_prog In bpf_netns_link_update_prog, the checks for old_prog and prog type are currently performed locklessly before acquiring netns_bpf_mutex. This creates a race condition that can lead to a UAF issue. If two threads concurrently execute BPF_LINK_UPDATE on the same netns link, the following execution path can trigger a UAF: CPU0 CPU1 bpf_netns_link_update_prog if (old_prog && old_prog != link->prog) return -EPERM; bpf_netns_link_update_prog if (old_prog && old_prog != link->prog) ... old_prog = xchg(&link->prog, new_prog); bpf_prog_put(old_prog); if (new_prog->type != link->prog->type) <-- trigger UAF Fix this by moving the old_prog and prog->type checks inside the netns_bpf_mutex critical section. Meanwhile, use guard() to simplify lock management and avoid all the goto jumping.

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Affected products

ProductVersions
Linux · Linuxaffected 7f045a49fee04b5662cbdeaf0838f9322ae8c63a < d462b5481d77ce7df8a5ff89a699386f00c9214d ; affected 7f045a49fee04b5662cbdeaf0838f9322ae8c63a < bdddf3e1493ee973619c154a57071ce67f78598b ; affected 7f045a49fee04b5662cbdeaf0838f9322ae8c63a < 79a66fd997d4eecf17302d613194879eb32e0986 ; affected 7f045a49fee04b5662cbdeaf0838f9322ae8c63a < f4ce6803df4095777191d800bebc50219b615ca0 ; affected 7f045a49fee04b5662cbdeaf0838f9322ae8c63a < 277168cb9d153ce8e9c3f9275670e32ae61b41d6 ; affected 7f045a49fee04b5662cbdeaf0838f9322ae8c63a < bda86e9f31b9a296b6e64a51c91dc776fc9f613e
Linux · Linuxaffected 5.8 ; unaffected 0 < 5.8 ; unaffected 5.10.270 ≤ 5.10.* ; unaffected 5.15.221 ≤ 5.15.* ; unaffected 6.1.188 ≤ 6.1.* ; unaffected 6.6.157 ≤ 6.6.*

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