CVE-2026-90247 PUBLISHED

bpf: Fix mmap_lock leak in irq_work path

Assigner: Linux
Reserved: 11.09.2026 Published: 17.09.2026 Updated: 17.09.2026

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

bpf: Fix mmap_lock leak in irq_work path

stack_map_get_build_id_offset() introduced a per-CPU irq_work to defer mmap_read_unlock() from NMI context, and bpf_find_vma() later reused the same mmap_unlock_work. Both callers only check whether the work is busy before taking mmap_lock, so a nested caller can reuse the slot before the first caller queues it. Two read locks may then be acquired while only one deferred unlock runs, leaking a read lock and blocking exit_mmap().

Reserve the per-CPU slot before mmap_read_trylock(). Use the same wrapper in stackmap and bpf_find_vma() so both callers release the reservation on trylock failure. Keep rejecting the slot while the irq_work remains busy. Release it after the irq_work callback unlocks the mm.

Product Status

Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from eac9153f2b584c702cea02c1f1a57d85aa9aea42 to a052ad5edccf5319f50ed955de4368f8318a9f20 (excl.)
  • affected from eac9153f2b584c702cea02c1f1a57d85aa9aea42 to 051f2da26ce377f683b938a3382e0f16d02f3139 (excl.)
  • affected from eac9153f2b584c702cea02c1f1a57d85aa9aea42 to fa9dcacdcdf487f0ffef64bf67622f1caed509f1 (excl.)
  • Version a7f4da875c16f3b8bef0d9ec67528111045bfcd8 is affected
  • Version f1838da73cccb238b8be4ef464fce0168dc7ba84 is affected
  • affected from 4.19.92 to 4.20 (excl.)
  • affected from 5.4.7 to 5.5 (excl.)
Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: affected
  • Version 5.5 is affected
  • unaffected from 0 to 5.5 (excl.)
  • unaffected from 6.18.52 to 6.18.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.2.6 to 7.2.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.3-rc1 to * (incl.)

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