CVE-2026-90392

bpf: Fix potential UAF when reading bpf link info

HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: September 17, 2026 at 04:09 PM UTC
Updated: October 30, 2026 at 01:20 PM 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 potential UAF when reading bpf link info In bpf_link_show_fdinfo and bpf_link_get_info_by_fd, link->prog is accessed without holding any locks. If the prog is concurrently replaced via bpf_link_update, the old prog can be freed, leading to a potential UAF issue. Fix this by accessing link->prog under RCU protection to safely fetch the pointer and guarantee its lifetime while reading its fields.

Affected

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

0c991ebc8c69d29b7fc44db17075c5aa5253e2ab5.7
Vendor states this is fixed in 79347e42cfbc9e78872922e8f08a70609c9af82f (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 85cf991c881e7198be32be05a9daa2625390c8b3 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 863f3ddd0b8ac65abfb50d3be0869268ac0e277b (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in a5c936ac904767fc1d943d40b0308bcb2ae2509b (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in d7d7208e2603b45724b684f4df73904fb347741e (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 6.6.157 (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)

Remediation

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CVSS

7.8HIGHLinux
Vector?

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