Bug 2492281 (CVE-2026-53033) - CVE-2026-53033 kernel: bpf, sockmap: Take state lock for af_unix iter
Summary: CVE-2026-53033 kernel: bpf, sockmap: Take state lock for af_unix iter
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-53033
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Assignee: Product Security
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Reported: 2026-06-24 18:02 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-06-25 15:01 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-06-24 18:02:55 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

bpf, sockmap: Take state lock for af_unix iter

When a BPF iterator program updates a sockmap, there is a race condition in
unix_stream_bpf_update_proto() where the `peer` pointer can become stale[1]
during a state transition TCP_ESTABLISHED -> TCP_CLOSE.

        CPU0 bpf                          CPU1 close
        --------                          ----------
// unix_stream_bpf_update_proto()
sk_pair = unix_peer(sk)
if (unlikely(!sk_pair))
   return -EINVAL;
                                     // unix_release_sock()
                                     skpair = unix_peer(sk);
                                     unix_peer(sk) = NULL;
                                     sock_put(skpair)
sock_hold(sk_pair) // UaF

More practically, this fix guarantees that the iterator program is
consistently provided with a unix socket that remains stable during
iterator execution.

[1]:
BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in unix_stream_bpf_update_proto+0x155/0x490
Write of size 4 at addr ffff8881178c9a00 by task test_progs/2231
Call Trace:
 dump_stack_lvl+0x5d/0x80
 print_report+0x170/0x4f3
 kasan_report+0xe4/0x1c0
 kasan_check_range+0x125/0x200
 unix_stream_bpf_update_proto+0x155/0x490
 sock_map_link+0x71c/0xec0
 sock_map_update_common+0xbc/0x600
 sock_map_update_elem+0x19a/0x1f0
 bpf_prog_bbbf56096cdd4f01_selective_dump_unix+0x20c/0x217
 bpf_iter_run_prog+0x21e/0xae0
 bpf_iter_unix_seq_show+0x1e0/0x2a0
 bpf_seq_read+0x42c/0x10d0
 vfs_read+0x171/0xb20
 ksys_read+0xff/0x200
 do_syscall_64+0xf7/0x5e0
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e

Allocated by task 2236:
 kasan_save_stack+0x30/0x50
 kasan_save_track+0x14/0x30
 __kasan_slab_alloc+0x63/0x80
 kmem_cache_alloc_noprof+0x1d5/0x680
 sk_prot_alloc+0x59/0x210
 sk_alloc+0x34/0x470
 unix_create1+0x86/0x8a0
 unix_stream_connect+0x318/0x15b0
 __sys_connect+0xfd/0x130
 __x64_sys_connect+0x72/0xd0
 do_syscall_64+0xf7/0x5e0
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e

Freed by task 2236:
 kasan_save_stack+0x30/0x50
 kasan_save_track+0x14/0x30
 kasan_save_free_info+0x3b/0x70
 __kasan_slab_free+0x47/0x70
 kmem_cache_free+0x11c/0x590
 __sk_destruct+0x432/0x6e0
 unix_release_sock+0x9b3/0xf60
 unix_release+0x8a/0xf0
 __sock_release+0xb0/0x270
 sock_close+0x18/0x20
 __fput+0x36e/0xac0
 fput_close_sync+0xe5/0x1a0
 __x64_sys_close+0x7d/0xd0
 do_syscall_64+0xf7/0x5e0
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e

Comment 1 Mauro Matteo Cascella 2026-06-25 14:56:26 UTC
Upstream advisory:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2026062455-CVE-2026-53033-63d8@gregkh/T


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