CVE-2026-53094
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
bpf: Fix stale offload->prog pointer after constant blinding
When a dev-bound-only BPF program (BPF_F_XDP_DEV_BOUND_ONLY) undergoes
JIT compilation with constant blinding enabled (bpf_jit_harden >= 2),
bpf_jit_blind_constants() clones the program. The original prog is then
freed in bpf_jit_prog_release_other(), which updates aux->prog to point
to the surviving clone, but fails to update offload->prog.
This leaves offload->prog pointing to the freed original program. When
the network namespace is subsequently destroyed, cleanup_net() triggers
bpf_dev_bound_netdev_unregister(), which iterates ondev->progs and calls
__bpf_prog_offload_destroy(offload->prog). Accessing the freed prog
causes a page fault:
BUG: unable to handle page fault for address: ffffc900085f1038
Workqueue: netns cleanup_net
RIP: 0010:__bpf_prog_offload_destroy+0xc/0x80
Call Trace:
__bpf_offload_dev_netdev_unregister+0x257/0x350
bpf_dev_bound_netdev_unregister+0x4a/0x90
unregister_netdevice_many_notify+0x2a2/0x660
...
cleanup_net+0x21a/0x320
The test sequence that triggers this reliably is:
1. Set net.core.bpf_jit_harden=2 (echo 2 > /proc/sys/net/core/bpf_jit_harden)
2. Run xdp_metadata selftest, which creates a dev-bound-only XDP
program on a veth inside a netns (./test_progs -t xdp_metadata)
3. cleanup_net -> page fault in __bpf_prog_offload_destroy
Dev-bound-only programs are unique in that they have an offload structure
but go through the normal JIT path instead of bpf_prog_offload_compile().
This means they are subject to constant blinding's prog clone-and-replace,
while also having offload->prog that must stay in sync.
Fix this by updating offload->prog in bpf_jit_prog_release_other(),
alongside the existing aux->prog update. Both are back-pointers to
the prog that must be kept in sync when the prog is replaced.
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Affected products (2)
| Vendor | Product | Platform | Versions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux | — | 2b3486bc2d237ec345b3942b7be5deabf8c8fed1 < a713b72ff88cdab4d5d692908ab1259ada511f4d, 2b3486bc2d237ec345b3942b7be5deabf8c8fed1 < 25484c39d1ec82a0368798d956da3de5039b3fe8, 2b3486bc2d237ec345b3942b7be5deabf8c8fed1 < 059525cf18e69a9313baf947d8898c6ee7ca6b65, 2b3486bc2d237ec345b3942b7be5deabf8c8fed1 < c79f8503d83d4665be461fb9e45e215d0380c67b … |
| Linux | Linux | — | 6.3, 0 < 6.3, 6.6.141 ≤ 6.6.*, 6.12.91 ≤ 6.12.* … |
References (5)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a713b72ff88cdab4d5d692908ab1259ada511f4d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/25484c39d1ec82a0368798d956da3de5039b3fe8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/059525cf18e69a9313baf947d8898c6ee7ca6b65
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c79f8503d83d4665be461fb9e45e215d0380c67b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a1aa9ef47c299c5bbc30594d3c2f0589edf908e6