CVE-2026-98378 PUBLISHED

bpf: Skip unsettled links in link iterator

Assigner: Linux
Reserved: 25.09.2026 Published: 09.10.2026 Updated: 09.10.2026

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

bpf: Skip unsettled links in link iterator

bpf_link_prime() inserts a link into link_idr before anon_inode_getfile() succeeds and before bpf_link_settle() publishes the ID in link->id. bpf_link_by_id() treats such an ID-zero link as unsettled, but the link iterator takes a reference without this check.

If anon_inode_getfile() then fails, the creator removes the ID and frees its still-private link directly. The iterator is left with a dangling reference and its next bpf_link_put() accesses freed memory.

Treat ID-zero entries as transient in bpf_link_get_curr_or_next(), just as bpf_link_by_id() does.

BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in bpf_link_put Write of size 8 by task exp/384 Call Trace: bpf_link_put kernel/bpf/syscall.c:3372 bpf_link_seq_next kernel/bpf/link_iter.c:33 bpf_seq_read kernel/bpf/bpf_iter.c:158 vfs_read fs/read_write.c:572 ksys_read fs/read_write.c:716 do_syscall_64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:84 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:121 Kernel panic - not syncing: KASAN: panic_on_warn set ...

Product Status

Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 9f88361273082825d9f0d13a543d49f9fa0d44a8 to 68930f8d40ab4c10ca3b019f076136758fd100a8 (excl.)
  • affected from 9f88361273082825d9f0d13a543d49f9fa0d44a8 to c251ed48bd9063cf7de6049421e78b6de989060f (excl.)
  • affected from 9f88361273082825d9f0d13a543d49f9fa0d44a8 to 798a61edbc436cacdb659927d067368eeb1e30e2 (excl.)
  • affected from 9f88361273082825d9f0d13a543d49f9fa0d44a8 to 6e271f093d15d323f42de26f66556af53fa8e19f (excl.)
  • affected from 9f88361273082825d9f0d13a543d49f9fa0d44a8 to 87ce4b53b7436b50fc984f0a6afaf77f68ac5573 (excl.)
  • affected from 9f88361273082825d9f0d13a543d49f9fa0d44a8 to 50e80e2bb5e2be8515205b9c496b9640ddefa434 (excl.)
Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: affected
  • Version 5.19 is affected
  • unaffected from 0 to 5.19 (excl.)
  • unaffected from 6.1.189 to 6.1.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.6.158 to 6.6.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.12.112 to 6.12.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.18.55 to 6.18.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.2.9 to 7.2.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.3-rc5 to * (incl.)

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