CVE-2026-90317 PUBLISHED

bpf: Invalidate RCU pointers after final spin unlock

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: 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.

Product Status

Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 5861d1e8dbc4e1a03ebffb96ac041026cdd34c07 to 7ae71629357d0a6d0bdadb929c7b296d5b7e61c2 (excl.)
  • affected from 5861d1e8dbc4e1a03ebffb96ac041026cdd34c07 to 180c7000712db77063b3a26f4c97e7dd9038f449 (excl.)
Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: affected
  • Version 6.6 is affected
  • unaffected from 0 to 6.6 (excl.)
  • unaffected from 7.2.6 to 7.2.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.3-rc1 to * (incl.)

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