CVE-2025-38502
Published: August 19, 2025Last modified: August 19, 2025
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bpf: Fix oob access in cgroup local storage Lonial reported that an out-of-bounds access in cgroup local storage can be crafted via tail calls. Given two programs each utilizing a cgroup local storage with a different value size, and one program doing a tail call into the other. The verifier will validate each of the indivial programs just fine. However, in the runtime context the bpf_cg_run_ctx holds an bpf_prog_array_item which contains the BPF program as well as any cgroup local storage flavor the program uses. Helpers such as bpf_get_local_storage() pick this up from the runtime context: ctx = container_of(current->bpf_ctx, struct bpf_cg_run_ctx, run_ctx); storage = ctx->prog_item->cgroup_storage[stype]; if (stype == BPF_CGROUP_STORAGE_SHARED) ptr = &READ_ONCE(storage->buf)->data[0]; else ptr = this_cpu_ptr(storage->percpu_buf); For the second program which was called from the originally attached one, this means bpf_get_local_storage() will pick up the former program's map, not its own. With mismatching sizes, this can result in an unintended out-of-bounds access. To fix this issue, we need to extend bpf_map_owner with an array of storage_cookie[] to match on i) the exact maps from the original program if the second program was using bpf_get_local_storage(), or ii) allow the tail call combination if the second program was not using any of the cgroup local storage maps.
Severity score breakdown
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Base score | 7.1 |
| Attack Vector | LOCAL |
| Attack complexity | LOW |
| Privileges required | LOW |
| User interaction | NONE |
| Scope | UNCHANGED |
| Confidentiality | HIGH |
| Integrity impact | NONE |
| Availability impact | HIGH |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H |
Status
| Product | Release | Package | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpaquita Linux | 23 LTS | linux-lts | Fixed (6.1.151-r0) |
| 25 LTS | linux-lts | Fixed (6.12.51-r0) | |
| Stream | linux-lts | Fixed (6.12.46-r0) |
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/19341d5c59e8c7e8528e40f8663e99d67810473c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/41688d1fc5d163a6c2c0e95c0419e2cb31a44648
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/66da7cee78590259b400e51a70622ccd41da7bb2
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7acfa07c585e3d7a64654d38f0a5c762877d0b9b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/abad3d0bad72a52137e0c350c59542d75ae4f513
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c1c74584b9b4043c52e41fec415226e582d266a3
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00008.html