CVE-2026-90250

bpf, cgroup: Fix storage null-ptr-deref after replacing prog

N/A
Published: September 17, 2026 at 04:07 PM UTC
Updated: October 30, 2026 at 01:20 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bpf, cgroup: Fix storage null-ptr-deref after replacing prog Syzkaller reported a storage null-ptr-deref issue after replacing prog. This occurs in the following scenario: 1. prog A, an empty prog, is attached to a cgrp. 2. prog B uses BPF_MAP_TYPE_PERCPU_CGROUP_STORAGE and calls the bpf_get_local_storage helper. 3. link_update is called to replace prog A with prog B. The reason is that __cgroup_bpf_replace fails to alloc and assign the required cgrp storage for the incoming replacement prog. Consequently, the new prog inherits an uninit storage, leading to null-ptr-deref panic when kick the new prog. Fix this by rejecting a link update if new_prog's cgroup storage is incompatible with link->prog.

Affected

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

0c991ebc8c69d29b7fc44db17075c5aa5253e2ab5.7
Vendor states this is fixed in 12feca126831556dc7fabe5a3ba28fbd328768b6 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 1ab3da12061d7ccb099f7e925fa2d865967a316a (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 3f562c537e9ecf4bc5e206cfffc2cc047f1b7e94 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in a033c950f6731be88a7da98604ed78f302f15b80 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.7 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.12.110 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.18.52 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.6.160 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.2.6 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.3 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.3-rc1 (unaffected)

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