CVE-2023-54086

bpf: Add preempt_count_{sub,add} into btf id deny list

State
Published
Severity
Not scored
Published
Dec 24, 2025
Updated
May 23, 2026
Reserved
Dec 24, 2025

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Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

bpf: Add preempt_count_{sub,add} into btf id deny list

The recursion check in __bpf_prog_enter* and __bpf_prog_exit* leave preempt_count_{sub,add} unprotected. When attaching trampoline to them we get panic as follows,

[ 867.843050] BUG: TASK stack guard page was hit at 0000000009d325cf (stack is 0000000046a46a15..00000000537e7b28) [ 867.843064] stack guard page: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP NOPTI [ 867.843067] CPU: 8 PID: 11009 Comm: trace Kdump: loaded Not tainted 6.2.0+ #4 [ 867.843100] Call Trace: [ 867.843101] <TASK> [ 867.843104] asm_exc_int3+0x3a/0x40 [ 867.843108] RIP: 0010:preempt_count_sub+0x1/0xa0 [ 867.843135] __bpf_prog_enter_recur+0x17/0x90 [ 867.843148] bpf_trampoline_6442468108_0+0x2e/0x1000 [ 867.843154] ? preempt_count_sub+0x1/0xa0 [ 867.843157] preempt_count_sub+0x5/0xa0 [ 867.843159] ? migrate_enable+0xac/0xf0 [ 867.843164] __bpf_prog_exit_recur+0x2d/0x40 [ 867.843168] bpf_trampoline_6442468108_0+0x55/0x1000 ... [ 867.843788] preempt_count_sub+0x5/0xa0 [ 867.843793] ? migrate_enable+0xac/0xf0 [ 867.843829] __bpf_prog_exit_recur+0x2d/0x40 [ 867.843837] BUG: IRQ stack guard page was hit at 0000000099bd8228 (stack is 00000000b23e2bc4..000000006d95af35) [ 867.843841] BUG: IRQ stack guard page was hit at 000000005ae07924 (stack is 00000000ffd69623..0000000014eb594c) [ 867.843843] BUG: IRQ stack guard page was hit at 00000000028320f0 (stack is 00000000034b6438..0000000078d1bcec) [ 867.843842] bpf_trampoline_6442468108_0+0x55/0x1000 ...

That is because in __bpf_prog_exit_recur, the preempt_count_{sub,add} are called after prog->active is decreased.

Fixing this by adding these two functions into btf ids deny list.

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Weaknesses

The record names no weakness.

Affected Products

ProductVersions
LinuxLinux
  • 35e3815fa8102fab4dee75f3547472c66581125d to before 095018267c87b8bfbbb12eeb1c0ebf2359e1782cAffected
  • 35e3815fa8102fab4dee75f3547472c66581125d to before 60039bf72f81638baa28652a11a68e9b0b7b5b2dAffected
  • 35e3815fa8102fab4dee75f3547472c66581125d to before b9168d41b83d182f34ba927ee822edaee18d5fc8Affected
  • 35e3815fa8102fab4dee75f3547472c66581125d to before c11bd046485d7bf1ca200db0e7d0bdc4bafdd395Affected
  • f5e770c0c60ab8812574a2e0d163b0efa816a825Affected
  • 5.12.11 to before 5.13Affected
LinuxLinux
  • 5.13Affected
  • before 5.13Not affected
  • 5.15.113 through 5.15.*Not affected
  • 6.1.30 through 6.1.*Not affected
  • 6.3.4 through 6.3.*Not affected
  • 6.4 and laterNot affected

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