CVE-2022-50219
bpf: Fix KASAN use-after-free Read in compute_effective_progs
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Public Exploits
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Descriptions
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bpf: Fix KASAN use-after-free Read in compute_effective_progs Syzbot found a Use After Free bug in compute_effective_progs().
The reproducer creates a number of BPF links, and causes a fault
injected alloc to fail, while calling bpf_link_detach on them.
Link detach triggers the link to be freed by bpf_link_free(),
which calls __cgroup_bpf_detach() and update_effective_progs().
If the memory allocation in this function fails, the function restores
the pointer to the bpf_cgroup_link on the cgroup list, but the memory
gets freed just after it returns. After this, every subsequent call to
update_effective_progs() causes this already deallocated pointer to be
dereferenced in prog_list_length(), and triggers KASAN UAF error. To fix this issue don't preserve the pointer to the prog or link in the
list, but remove it and replace it with a dummy prog without shrinking
the table. The subsequent call to __cgroup_bpf_detach() or
__cgroup_bpf_detach() will correct it.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bpf: Fix KASAN use-after-free Read in compute_effective_progs Syzbot found a Use After Free bug in compute_effective_progs(). The reproducer creates a number of BPF links, and causes a fault injected alloc to fail, while calling bpf_link_detach on them. Link detach triggers the link to be freed by bpf_link_free(), which calls __cgroup_bpf_detach() and update_effective_progs(). If the memory allocation in this function fails, the function restores the pointer to the bpf_cgroup_link on the cgroup list, but the memory gets freed just after it returns. After this, every subsequent call to update_effective_progs() causes this already deallocated pointer to be dereferenced in prog_list_length(), and triggers KASAN UAF error. To fix this issue don't preserve the pointer to the prog or link in the list, but remove it and replace it with a dummy prog without shrinking the table. The subsequent call to __cgroup_bpf_detach() or __cgroup_bpf_detach() will correct it.
CVSS Scores
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- Decision:-
Timeline
- 2025-06-18 CVE Reserved
- 2025-06-18 CVE Published
- 2025-06-18 CVE Updated
- 2025-06-24 EPSS Updated
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References (6)
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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/af6eea57437a830293eab56246b6025cc7d46ee7 | Vuln. Introduced |
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Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
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Linux Search vendor "Linux" | Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" | >= 5.7 < 5.10.138 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version " >= 5.7 < 5.10.138" | en |
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Linux Search vendor "Linux" | Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" | >= 5.7 < 5.15.61 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version " >= 5.7 < 5.15.61" | en |
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Linux Search vendor "Linux" | Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" | >= 5.7 < 5.18.18 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version " >= 5.7 < 5.18.18" | en |
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Linux Search vendor "Linux" | Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" | >= 5.7 < 5.19.2 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version " >= 5.7 < 5.19.2" | en |
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Linux Search vendor "Linux" | Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" | >= 5.7 < 6.0 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version " >= 5.7 < 6.0" | en |
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