CVE-2022-50219

bpf: Fix KASAN use-after-free Read in compute_effective_progs

HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: June 18, 2025 at 11:03 AM UTC
Updated: August 5, 2026 at 09:24 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bpf: Fix KASAN use-after-free Read in compute_effective_progs Syzbot found a Use After Free bug in compute_effective_progs(). The reproducer creates a number of BPF links, and causes a fault injected alloc to fail, while calling bpf_link_detach on them. Link detach triggers the link to be freed by bpf_link_free(), which calls __cgroup_bpf_detach() and update_effective_progs(). If the memory allocation in this function fails, the function restores the pointer to the bpf_cgroup_link on the cgroup list, but the memory gets freed just after it returns. After this, every subsequent call to update_effective_progs() causes this already deallocated pointer to be dereferenced in prog_list_length(), and triggers KASAN UAF error. To fix this issue don't preserve the pointer to the prog or link in the list, but remove it and replace it with a dummy prog without shrinking the table. The subsequent call to __cgroup_bpf_detach() or __cgroup_bpf_detach() will correct it.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

5.11 ≤ v < 5.15.615.16 ≤ v < 5.18.185.19 ≤ v < 5.19.25.7 ≤ v < 5.10.1385.7 ≤ v < 5.15.615.7 ≤ v < 5.18.185.7 ≤ v < 5.19.25.7 ≤ v < 6.05.7af6eea57437a830293eab56246b6025cc7d46ee7
Vendor states this is fixed in 1f8ca9c40e6222ce431e9ba5dae3cccce8ef9443 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 3527e3cbb84d8868c4d4e91ba55915f96d39ec3d (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 4c46091ee985ae84c60c5e95055d779fcd291d87 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6336388715afa419cc97d0255bda3bba1b96b7ca (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in be001f9da71eaa3b61e186fb88bde3279728bdca (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.10.138 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.15.61 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.18.18 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.19.2 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.7 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.0 (unaffected)

References (5)

Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1f8ca9c40e6222ce431e9ba5dae3cccce8ef9443
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3527e3cbb84d8868c4d4e91ba55915f96d39ec3d
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4c46091ee985ae84c60c5e95055d779fcd291d87
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6336388715afa419cc97d0255bda3bba1b96b7ca
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/be001f9da71eaa3b61e186fb88bde3279728bdca

CVSS

7.8HIGHLinux
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-416

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