CVE-2026-64352
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
bpf: Allow LPM map access from sleepable BPF programs
trie_lookup_elem() annotates its rcu_dereference_check() walks with
only rcu_read_lock_bh_held(). Because rcu_dereference_check(p, c)
resolves to "c || rcu_read_lock_held()", this passes for XDP/NAPI and
classic RCU readers but fails for sleepable BPF programs, which enter
via __bpf_prog_enter_sleepable() and hold only rcu_read_lock_trace().
trie_update_elem() and trie_delete_elem() have the same problem in a
different form: they walk the trie with plain rcu_dereference(), which
asserts rcu_read_lock_held() unconditionally. Both are reachable from
sleepable BPF programs via the bpf_map_update_elem / bpf_map_delete_elem
helpers, and from the syscall path under classic rcu_read_lock(). In
the writer paths the trie is actually protected by trie->lock (an
rqspinlock taken across the walk); we never relied on the RCU read-side
lock to keep nodes alive there.
A sleepable LSM hook that ends up touching an LPM trie therefore
triggers lockdep on debug kernels:
=============================
WARNING: suspicious RCU usage
7.1.0-... Tainted: G E
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kernel/bpf/lpm_trie.c:249 suspicious rcu_dereference_check() usage!
1 lock held by net_tests/540:
#0: (rcu_tasks_trace_srcu_struct){....}-{0:0},
at: __bpf_prog_enter_sleepable+0x26/0x280
Call Trace:
dump_stack_lvl
lockdep_rcu_suspicious
trie_lookup_elem
bpf_prog_..._enforce_security_socket_connect
bpf_trampoline_...
security_socket_connect
__sys_connect
do_syscall_64
This is lockdep-only -- no UAF, since Tasks Trace RCU does serialize
against the trie's reclaim path -- but it spams the console once per
distinct callsite on every debug kernel running a sleepable BPF LSM
that touches an LPM trie, which is increasingly common.
For the lookup path, switch the rcu_dereference_check() annotation
from rcu_read_lock_bh_held() to bpf_rcu_lock_held(), which accepts all
three contexts (classic, BH, Tasks Trace). Other map types already
follow this convention.
For trie_update_elem() and trie_delete_elem(), annotate the walks as
rcu_dereference_protected(*p, 1) -- matching trie_free() in the same
file -- since trie->lock is held across the walk. rqspinlock has no
lockdep_map, so the predicate degenerates to '1' rather than
lockdep_is_held(&trie->lock); the protection is real but not
machine-verifiable. trie_get_next_key() also uses bare
rcu_dereference() but is reachable only from the BPF syscall, which
holds classic rcu_read_lock() before dispatching, so it is left
untouched.
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Affected products (2)
| Vendor | Product | Platform | Versions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux | — | 694cea395fded425008e93cd90cfdf7a451674af < f0967d4f1ba4323a3cb7dc8fdba74dd3a8caaf04, 694cea395fded425008e93cd90cfdf7a451674af < 304ca50582f0c047370f85e13caec456f78c9fcc, 694cea395fded425008e93cd90cfdf7a451674af < ec662a8b2cde01e76b37ccd4b992d0342299e69c, 694cea395fded425008e93cd90cfdf7a451674af < 9bfdf4b81b0e56d47bc6c46c34a46638be716695 … |
| Linux | Linux | — | 5.14, 0 < 5.14, 5.15.212 ≤ 5.15.*, 6.1.178 ≤ 6.1.* … |
References (7)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f0967d4f1ba4323a3cb7dc8fdba74dd3a8caaf04
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/304ca50582f0c047370f85e13caec456f78c9fcc
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ec662a8b2cde01e76b37ccd4b992d0342299e69c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9bfdf4b81b0e56d47bc6c46c34a46638be716695
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/57454944737f3ad9a8703aecbbb79713b513a94b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bd6ad9a6b30498d845413e863fb95c6fab3babe3
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2f884d371fafea137afea504d49ee4a7c8d7985b