CVE-2026-53095

bpf: Fix abuse of kprobe_write_ctx via freplace

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

Read the record on cve.org

Description

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

bpf: Fix abuse of kprobe_write_ctx via freplace

uprobe programs are allowed to modify struct pt_regs.

Since the actual program type of uprobe is KPROBE, it can be abused to modify struct pt_regs via kprobe+freplace when the kprobe attaches to kernel functions.

For example,

SEC("?kprobe") int kprobe(struct pt_regs *regs) { return 0; }

SEC("?freplace") int freplace_kprobe(struct pt_regs *regs) { regs->di = 0; return 0; }

freplace_kprobe prog will attach to kprobe prog. kprobe prog will attach to a kernel function.

Without this patch, when the kernel function runs, its first arg will always be set as 0 via the freplace_kprobe prog.

To fix the abuse of kprobe_write_ctx=true via kprobe+freplace, disallow attaching freplace programs on kprobe programs with different kprobe_write_ctx values.

Scores

The record has no CVSS score.

Weaknesses

The record names no weakness.

Affected Products

ProductVersions
LinuxLinux
  • 7384893d970ea114952aef54ad7e3d7d2ca82d4f to before b312cf41b9e43f442613053f6cad39898e1baf96Affected
  • 7384893d970ea114952aef54ad7e3d7d2ca82d4f to before 9836cadbd96c7e0dbb0018fa60e7872dd31ac4f8Affected
  • 7384893d970ea114952aef54ad7e3d7d2ca82d4f to before 611fe4b79af72d00d80f2223354284447daafae9Affected
LinuxLinux
  • 6.18Affected
  • before 6.18Not affected
  • 6.18.33 through 6.18.*Not affected
  • 7.0.10 through 7.0.*Not affected
  • 7.1 and laterNot affected

References

Every record here comes from the CVE Program’s CVE List. © 1999–2026 The MITRE Corporation. CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation. The records are reproduced under the CVE Program terms of use.