Bug 2536173 (CVE-2026-93173) - CVE-2026-93173 kernel: bpf,lsm: Drop bpf_prog_free from sleepable_lsm_hooks
Summary: CVE-2026-93173 kernel: bpf,lsm: Drop bpf_prog_free from sleepable_lsm_hooks
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-93173
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Assignee: Product Security DevOps Team
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Reported: 2026-09-17 16:41 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-10-20 11:50 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-09-17 16:41:30 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

bpf,lsm: Drop bpf_prog_free from sleepable_lsm_hooks

__bpf_prog_put_rcu() is the call_rcu() callback for non-sleepable programs.
security_bpf_prog_free() called from there fires bpf_prog_free in softirq;
if a sleepable LSM prog is attached to that hook, might_fault() BUGs:

  BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context
  in_atomic(): 1, irqs_disabled(): 0, non_block: 0, pid: 5038
  preempt_count: 101, expected: 0
  Call Trace:
   <IRQ>
   __bpf_prog_enter_sleepable+0x1cd/0x320 kernel/bpf/trampoline.c:1255
   bpf_trampoline_6442549705+0x53/0xd7
   security_bpf_prog_free+0xde/0x130 security/security.c:5465
   __bpf_prog_put_rcu+0xab/0xd0 kernel/bpf/syscall.c:2365
   rcu_do_batch kernel/rcu/tree.c:2617 [inline]
   handle_softirqs+0x236/0x800 kernel/softirq.c:622
   </IRQ>

The call_rcu/call_rcu_tasks_trace split reflects the freed program's
sleepability, not that of any attached observer.

security_bpf_prog_free() also frees prog->aux->security, which has to stay
after the grace period, so drop bpf_prog_free from sleepable_lsm_hooks
rather than move the call. Non-sleepable observers still run there.


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