{"id":"CVE-2026-23319","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2026-23319","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T04:33:12.170Z","title":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bpf: Fix a UAF issue in bpf_trampoline_link_cgroup_shim The root cause of this bug is that when 'bpf_link_put' reduces the refcount of 'shim_link->link.link' to zero, the resource is…","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nbpf: Fix a UAF issue in bpf_trampoline_link_cgroup_shim\n\nThe root cause of this bug is that when 'bpf_link_put' reduces the\nrefcount of 'shim_link->link.link' to zero, the resource is considered\nreleased but may still be referenced via 'tr->progs_hlist' in\n'cgroup_shim_find'. The actual cleanup of 'tr->progs_hlist' in\n'bpf_shim_tramp_link_release' is deferred. During this window, another\nprocess can cause a use-after-free via 'bpf_trampoline_link_cgroup_shim'.\n\nBased on Martin KaFai Lau's suggestions, I have created a simple patch.\n\nTo fix this:\n   Add an atomic non-zero check in 'bpf_trampoline_link_cgroup_shim'.\n   Only increment the refcount if it is not already zero.\n\nTesting:\n   I verified the fix by adding a delay in\n   'bpf_shim_tramp_link_release' to make the bug easier to trigger:\n\nstatic void bpf_shim_tramp_link_release(struct bpf_link *link)\n{\n\t/* ... */\n\tif (!shim_link->trampoline)\n\t\treturn;\n\n+\tmsleep(100);\n\tWARN_ON_ONCE(bpf_trampoline_unlink_prog(&shim_link->link,\n\t\tshim_link->trampoline, NULL));\n\tbpf_trampoline_put(shim_link->trampoline);\n}\n\nBefore the patch, running a PoC easily reproduced the crash(almost 100%)\nwith a call trace similar to KaiyanM's report.\nAfter the patch, the bug no longer occurs even after millions of\niterations.","published":"2026-03-25T11:16:29.000Z","lastModified":"2026-10-15T02:18:50.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":7.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-416"],"affected":["linux/linux kernel"],"epss":{"score":0.00136,"percentile":0.0304,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.14%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3eeddb80191f7626ec1ef742bfff51ec3b0fa5c2","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4e8a0005d633a4adc98e3b65d5080f93b90d356b","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/529e685e522b9d7fb379dbe6929dcdf520e34c8c","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/56145d237385ca0e7ca9ff7b226aaf2eb8ef368b","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9b02c5c4147f8af8ed783c8deb5df927a55c3951","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cfcfa0ca0212162aa472551266038e8fd6768cff","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-019113.html","source":"0b142b55-0307-4c5a-b3c9-f314f3fb7c5e"},{"url":"https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-082556.html","source":"0b142b55-0307-4c5a-b3c9-f314f3fb7c5e"},{"url":"https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-457936.html","source":"0b142b55-0307-4c5a-b3c9-f314f3fb7c5e"},{"url":"https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-784472.html","source":"0b142b55-0307-4c5a-b3c9-f314f3fb7c5e"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-23319","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}