CVE-2026-53089

bpf: Fix use-after-free in offloaded map/prog info fill

State
Published
Severity
Not scored
Published
Jun 24, 2026
Updated
Sep 2, 2026
Reserved
Jun 9, 2026

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Description

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

bpf: Fix use-after-free in offloaded map/prog info fill

When querying info for an offloaded BPF map or program, bpf_map_offload_info_fill_ns() and bpf_prog_offload_info_fill_ns() obtain the network namespace with get_net(dev_net(offmap->netdev)). However, the associated netdev's netns may be racing with teardown during netns destruction. If the netns refcount has already reached 0, get_net() performs a refcount_t increment on 0, triggering:

refcount_t: addition on 0; use-after-free.

Although rtnl_lock and bpf_devs_lock ensure the netdev pointer remains valid, they cannot prevent the netns refcount from reaching zero.

Fix this by using maybe_get_net() instead of get_net(). maybe_get_net() uses refcount_inc_not_zero() and returns NULL if the refcount is already zero, which causes ns_get_path_cb() to fail and the caller to return -ENOENT -- the correct behavior when the netns is being destroyed.

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Weaknesses

The record names no weakness.

Affected Products

ProductVersions
LinuxLinux
  • 675fc275a3a2d905535207237402c6d8dcb5fa4b to before 43d6848a2a6c92ccfd614d9f0bb6fd85b95dfa9dAffected
  • 675fc275a3a2d905535207237402c6d8dcb5fa4b to before 642943ae5bdacabc8109dc4a5e0ebb4a6b99ef3eAffected
  • 675fc275a3a2d905535207237402c6d8dcb5fa4b to before fea55b034328feaafef75aee252f305e6f85a991Affected
  • 675fc275a3a2d905535207237402c6d8dcb5fa4b to before 5662dac41a3442aa378d7c405164903eb109fc05Affected
  • 675fc275a3a2d905535207237402c6d8dcb5fa4b to before 1a2dc103e16448d022a77ad5fc3234641436c4b7Affected
  • 675fc275a3a2d905535207237402c6d8dcb5fa4b to before 85dc711f742b192eb97c0e00b521312f5a7a415eAffected
  • 675fc275a3a2d905535207237402c6d8dcb5fa4b to before a51e7fbe94a87e236631a83973d4f558310b2cd2Affected
  • 675fc275a3a2d905535207237402c6d8dcb5fa4b to before a0c584fc18056709c8e047a82a6045d6c209f4ceAffected
LinuxLinux
  • 4.16Affected
  • before 4.16Not affected
  • 5.10.269 through 5.10.*Not affected
  • 5.15.220 through 5.15.*Not affected
  • 6.1.187 through 6.1.*Not affected
  • 6.6.156 through 6.6.*Not affected
  • 6.12.108 through 6.12.*Not affected
  • 6.18.49 through 6.18.*Not affected
  • 7.0.10 through 7.0.*Not affected
  • 7.1 and laterNot affected

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