Bug 2536680 (CVE-2026-90299) - CVE-2026-90299 kernel: bpf: Fix sleepable check for tracing/lsm prog
Summary: CVE-2026-90299 kernel: bpf: Fix sleepable check for tracing/lsm prog
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-90299
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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medium
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Reported: 2026-09-17 19:05 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-10-13 13:56 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-09-17 19:05:10 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

bpf: Fix sleepable check for tracing/lsm prog

When CONFIG_FUNCTION_ERROR_INJECTION is disabled, a sleepable tracing prog
is allowed to attach to '__x64_'-alike prefix symbols.

It is because the verifier does not verify whether the symbol is a kernel
function or a bpf prog. That said, a sleepable tracing prog is allowed to
attach to a bpf prog target whose name has '__x64_'-alike prefix.

For example, a sleepable fentry prog attaches to a '__x64_sys_nop' XDP
prog, and copies buffer from a user pointer with bpf_copy_from_user()
helper. After attaching the XDP prog to lo interface, the kernel BUG
could be triggered by 'ping -c 1 -W 1 127.0.0.1':

[    3.460756] BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context at kernel/bpf/trampoline.c:1324

Fix it by disallowing sleepable prog always when its target
btf is not a kernel's btf.


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