Bug 2516844 (CVE-2026-74305) - CVE-2026-74305 kernel: bpf: Tighten cgroup storage cookie checks for prog arrays
Summary: CVE-2026-74305 kernel: bpf: Tighten cgroup storage cookie checks for prog arrays
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-74305
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2026-08-15 06:36 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-08-19 12:14 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-08-15 06:36:26 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

bpf: Tighten cgroup storage cookie checks for prog arrays

The fix in commit abad3d0bad72 ("bpf: Fix oob access in cgroup local
storage") is still incomplete. The prog-array compatibility check
treats a program with no cgroup storage as compatible with any stored
storage cookie. This allows a storage-less program to bridge a tail
call chain between an entry program and a storage-using callee even
though cgroup local storage at runtime still follows the caller's
context, that is, A -> B(no storage) -> C(storage) path.

Requiring exact cookie equality would break the legitimate case of a
storage-less leaf program being tail called from a storage-using one.
Instead, only accept a zero storage cookie if the program cannot
perform tail calls itself. This keeps A -> B(no storage) working
while rejecting the A -> B(no storage) -> C(storage) bridge.


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