bpf: Fix invalid prog->stats access when update_effective_progs fails
Key facts
- Attack vector
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- Privileges required
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- User interaction
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- Attack complexity
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- Impact type
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- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
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- Fix status
- Partial Red Hat: 3 without a fix
No CVSS vector from any source. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bpf: Fix invalid prog->stats access when update_effective_progs fails Syzkaller triggers an invalid memory access issue following fault injection in update_effective_progs. The issue can be described as follows: __cgroup_bpf_detach update_effective_progs compute_effective_progs bpf_prog_array_alloc <-- fault inject purge_effective_progs /* change to dummy_bpf_prog */ array->items[index] = &dummy_bpf_prog.prog ---softirq start--- __do_softirq ... __cgroup_bpf_run_filter_skb __bpf_prog_run_save_cb bpf_prog_run stats = this_cpu_ptr(prog->stats) /* invalid memory access */ flags = u64_stats_update_begin_irqsave(&stats->syncp) ---softirq end--- static_branch_dec(&cgroup_bpf_enabled_key[atype]) The reason is that fault injection caused update_effective_progs to fail and then changed the original prog into dummy_bpf_prog.prog in purge_effective_progs. Then a softirq came, and accessing the members of dummy_bpf_prog.prog in the softirq triggers invalid mem access. To fix it, skip updating stats when stats is NULL.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 6.1.160, 6.6.120, 6.12.63, 6.17.13, 6.18.2, 6.19
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Low. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
Not affected: 2 products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-68742
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-jvhg-r77c-vccf
References
Other 6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/93d1964773ff513c9bd530f7686d3e48b786fa6b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bf2c990b012100610c0f1ec5c4ea434da2d080c2
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/539137e3038ce6f953efd72110110f03c14c7d97
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/56905bb70c8b88421709bb4e32fcba617aa37d41
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2579c356ccd35d06238b176e4b460978186d804b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7dc211c1159d991db609bdf4b0fb9033c04adcbc
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Sources
- CVE-2025-68742 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-68742 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-jvhg-r77c-vccf · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2025-68742 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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