CVE-2026-90313 PUBLISHED

bpf, cgroup: Fix invalid storage access after __cgroup_bpf_attach failed

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, cgroup: Fix invalid storage access after __cgroup_bpf_attach failed

A potential invalid storage access issue can occur after replacing a cgroup bpf prog.

This occurs in the following scenario: 1. prog1 with storage is attached to a cgroup in multi-attach mode. 2. prog1 is replaced with prog2 using BPF_F_REPLACE in multi-attach mode, but fails midway (e.g. in bpf_trampoline_link_cgroup_shim or update_effective_progs). 3. A new prog3 is attached to the cgroup in multi-attach mode.

The reason is that __cgroup_bpf_attach overwrites pl->storage with the new storage prior to attachment completion. When attachment fails midway, the cleanup path calls bpf_cgroup_storages_free(new_storage) to free the newly allocated storage, but fails to restore pl->storage back to old_storage.

Consequently, the still-active prog1 holds invalid or dangling storage pointers, leading to an invalid memory access when prog1 executes and calls bpf_get_local_storage. Additionally, original pl->flags and cgrp->bpf.flags[atype] are left unrestored.

Fix this by saving old_pl_flags, old_storage, and old_flags prior to the update, and properly restoring all of them in the cleanup path on error.

Product Status

Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 7d9c3427894fe70d1347b4820476bf37736d2ff0 to e26db0d636e4c24a6b16683ea95cf5077c64d74b (excl.)
  • affected from 7d9c3427894fe70d1347b4820476bf37736d2ff0 to aaca16e042527f7efe48b50799bc662f1a191ce1 (excl.)
  • affected from 7d9c3427894fe70d1347b4820476bf37736d2ff0 to 86ead176301109b78e1d14c0e9d0d9ff9723c769 (excl.)
  • affected from 7d9c3427894fe70d1347b4820476bf37736d2ff0 to 2c2218560b6e28a63ff7834ba26d09ff8efdee39 (excl.)
  • affected from 7d9c3427894fe70d1347b4820476bf37736d2ff0 to 6655c409707ec8ce9ce0850ffe4fe02331fd4d9c (excl.)
Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: affected
  • Version 5.9 is affected
  • unaffected from 0 to 5.9 (excl.)
  • unaffected from 6.6.157 to 6.6.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.12.110 to 6.12.* (incl.)
  • 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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