CVE-2026-90299 (GCVE-0-2026-90299)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-09-17 16:08
Modified
2026-10-19 09:01
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Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
bpf: Fix sleepable check for tracing/lsm prog
When CONFIG_FUNCTION_ERROR_INJECTION is disabled, a sleepable tracing prog
is allowed to attach to '__x64_'-alike prefix symbols.
It is because the verifier does not verify whether the symbol is a kernel
function or a bpf prog. That said, a sleepable tracing prog is allowed to
attach to a bpf prog target whose name has '__x64_'-alike prefix.
For example, a sleepable fentry prog attaches to a '__x64_sys_nop' XDP
prog, and copies buffer from a user pointer with bpf_copy_from_user()
helper. After attaching the XDP prog to lo interface, the kernel BUG
could be triggered by 'ping -c 1 -W 1 127.0.0.1':
[ 3.460756] BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context at kernel/bpf/trampoline.c:1324
Fix it by disallowing sleepable prog always when its target
btf is not a kernel's btf.
References
Impacted products
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