{"id":"CVE-2026-53035","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2026-53035","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T00:25:37.018Z","title":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bpf, sockmap: Fix af_unix iter deadlock bpf_iter_unix_seq_show() may deadlock when lock_sock_fast() takes the fast path and the iter prog attempts to update a sockmap.","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nbpf, sockmap: Fix af_unix iter deadlock\n\nbpf_iter_unix_seq_show() may deadlock when lock_sock_fast() takes the fast\npath and the iter prog attempts to update a sockmap. Which ends up spinning\nat sock_map_update_elem()'s bh_lock_sock():\n\nWARNING: possible recursive locking detected\ntest_progs/1393 is trying to acquire lock:\nffff88811ec25f58 (slock-AF_UNIX){+...}-{3:3}, at: sock_map_update_elem+0xdb/0x1f0\n\nbut task is already holding lock:\nffff88811ec25f58 (slock-AF_UNIX){+...}-{3:3}, at: __lock_sock_fast+0x37/0xe0\n\nother info that might help us debug this:\n Possible unsafe locking scenario:\n\n       CPU0\n       ----\n  lock(slock-AF_UNIX);\n  lock(slock-AF_UNIX);\n\n *** DEADLOCK ***\n\n May be due to missing lock nesting notation\n\n4 locks held by test_progs/1393:\n #0: ffff88814b59c790 (&p->lock){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: bpf_seq_read+0x59/0x10d0\n #1: ffff88811ec25fd8 (sk_lock-AF_UNIX){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: bpf_seq_read+0x42c/0x10d0\n #2: ffff88811ec25f58 (slock-AF_UNIX){+...}-{3:3}, at: __lock_sock_fast+0x37/0xe0\n #3: ffffffff85a6a7c0 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:3}, at: bpf_iter_run_prog+0x51d/0xb00\n\nCall Trace:\n dump_stack_lvl+0x5d/0x80\n print_deadlock_bug.cold+0xc0/0xce\n __lock_acquire+0x130f/0x2590\n lock_acquire+0x14e/0x2b0\n _raw_spin_lock+0x30/0x40\n sock_map_update_elem+0xdb/0x1f0\n bpf_prog_2d0075e5d9b721cd_dump_unix+0x55/0x4f4\n bpf_iter_run_prog+0x5b9/0xb00\n bpf_iter_unix_seq_show+0x1f7/0x2e0\n bpf_seq_read+0x42c/0x10d0\n vfs_read+0x171/0xb20\n ksys_read+0xff/0x200\n do_syscall_64+0x6b/0x3a0\n entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e","published":"2026-06-24T17:17:15.000Z","lastModified":"2026-07-15T14:38:14.000Z","status":"Analyzed","sourceIdentifier":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":5.5,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-667"],"affected":["linux/linux kernel"],"epss":{"score":0.00095,"percentile":0.00601,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.10%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3cef33b9813b78f227942572fb317afcd5c9ac94","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4d328dd695383224aa750ddee6b4ad40c0f8d205","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/527057ebe8076dfbcaef51195ff1b7508646be2c","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/66d9fab4565eafe1afe7ba0581f79b76073b60fa","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/87828b380956d4986f59f2c086e0b09b3e6cdaae","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bd3592129f24243713673a07225cf1f15a9bb835","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-53035","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."}