CVE-2026-90317

Published: September 19, 2026Last modified: September 19, 2026

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bpf: Invalidate RCU pointers after final spin unlock In a sleepable BPF program, a spin lock can provide the only RCU protection for a kptr. The final bpf_spin_unlock() ends that protection, but the verifier leaves the pointer valid. Another CPU can then free the object before the pointer is used. A capability-limited runtime PoC triggered a task_struct use-after-free in __bpf_get_task_stack(). Record whether the program is in an RCU-protected context before releasing the lock. Invalidate RCU-protected pointers only when the unlock leaves the final such context. This preserves valid pointers in non-sleepable programs and inside an explicit RCU read-side section.

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• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/180c7000712db77063b3a26f4c97e7dd9038f449
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7ae71629357d0a6d0bdadb929c7b296d5b7e61c2