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CVE-2026-98378

bpf: Skip unsettled links in link iterator PUBLISHED

Description (CNA)

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 ...

Affected (CNA)

Vendor / productVersions
Linux / Linuxaffected 9f88361273082825d9f0d13a543d49f9fa0d44a8 before 68930f8d40ab4c10ca3b019f076136758fd100a8; affected 9f88361273082825d9f0d13a543d49f9fa0d44a8 before c251ed48bd9063cf7de6049421e78b6de989060f; affected 9f88361273082825d9f0d13a543d49f9fa0d44a8 before 798a61edbc436cacdb659927d067368eeb1e30e2; affected 9f88361273082825d9f0d13a543d49f9fa0d44a8 before 6e271f093d15d323f42de26f66556af53fa8e19f; affected 9f88361273082825d9f0d13a543d49f9fa0d44a8 before 87ce4b53b7436b50fc984f0a6afaf77f68ac5573; affected 9f88361273082825d9f0d13a543d49f9fa0d44a8 before 50e80e2bb5e2be8515205b9c496b9640ddefa434
Linux / Linuxaffected 5.19; unaffected 0 before 5.19; unaffected 6.1.189 through 6.1.*; unaffected 6.6.158 through 6.6.*; unaffected 6.12.112 through 6.12.*; unaffected 6.18.55 through 6.18.*; unaffected 7.2.9 through 7.2.*; unaffected 7.3 through *

CWE

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