bpf: Fix potential UAF when reading bpf link info
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Partial Red Hat: 5 without a fix
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.
Summary
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.
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 6.1.191, 6.6.157, 6.12.110, 6.18.52, 7.2.6, 7.3
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 | Affected | No fix yet |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | Affected | No fix yet |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | Affected | No fix yet |
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 | Affected | No fix yet |
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 5 | Affected | No fix yet |
Not affected: 2 products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-90392
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-crrx-xc5g-xqgw
- 2026-10-19 Fix available: Linux/[email protected] · CNA
- 2026-10-20 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
- 2026-10-20 CVSS score added · Red Hat
- 2026-10-30 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
- 2026-10-30 Fix available: Linux/Linux@4c8432a332d4a24dc2742f56062a53d8fad36f53, Linux/[email protected] · CNA
- 2026-10-30 1 new reference · CNA
References
Other 6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4c8432a332d4a24dc2742f56062a53d8fad36f53
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a5c936ac904767fc1d943d40b0308bcb2ae2509b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d7d7208e2603b45724b684f4df73904fb347741e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/85cf991c881e7198be32be05a9daa2625390c8b3
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/79347e42cfbc9e78872922e8f08a70609c9af82f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/863f3ddd0b8ac65abfb50d3be0869268ac0e277b
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Sources
- CVE-2026-90392 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-90392 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-crrx-xc5g-xqgw · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-90392 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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