CVE-2026-98543 PUBLISHED

bpf: fs/xattr: don't assume the inode is locked in path_unlink/path_rmdir

Assigner: Linux
Reserved: 25.09.2026 Published: 18.10.2026 Updated: 18.10.2026

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

bpf: fs/xattr: don't assume the inode is locked in path_unlink/path_rmdir

bpf_lsm_has_d_inode_locked() makes the verifier rewrite bpf_[set|remove]_dentry_xattr() to the _locked variants, which assume that the caller already holds the inode's i_rwsem. The path_unlink and path_rmdir hooks are listed, but security_path_unlink() and security_path_rmdir() run before vfs_unlink()/vfs_rmdir() take the victim inode's i_rwsem, so a sleepable BPF LSM program attached to either hook mutates the victim's xattrs without the lock held.

Drop the two path hooks from d_inode_locked_hooks so that the verifier keeps the locking bpf_[set|remove]_dentry_xattr() variants, which take the lock themselves.

Product Status

Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 56467292794b800164df20c076c409ac548e56ec to 7504b677c4370c9e4b153c553ff8831c093b1ff6 (excl.)
  • affected from 56467292794b800164df20c076c409ac548e56ec to 640d37fbd34d03af727dbc567f48c0203d1de6b4 (excl.)
  • affected from 56467292794b800164df20c076c409ac548e56ec to 35d442ed1f86465e49df3119fb898f985186db13 (excl.)
Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: affected
  • Version 6.15 is affected
  • unaffected from 0 to 6.15 (excl.)
  • 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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