{"id":"CVE-2026-53096","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2026-53096","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T00:25:36.379Z","title":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bpf: Use RCU-safe iteration in dev_map_redirect_multi() SKB path The DEVMAP_HASH branch in dev_map_redirect_multi() uses hlist_for_each_entry_safe() to iterate hash buckets, but this…","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nbpf: Use RCU-safe iteration in dev_map_redirect_multi() SKB path\n\nThe DEVMAP_HASH branch in dev_map_redirect_multi() uses\nhlist_for_each_entry_safe() to iterate hash buckets, but this function\nruns under RCU protection (called from xdp_do_generic_redirect_map()\nin softirq context). Concurrent writers (__dev_map_hash_update_elem,\ndev_map_hash_delete_elem) modify the list using RCU primitives\n(hlist_add_head_rcu, hlist_del_rcu).\n\nhlist_for_each_entry_safe() performs plain pointer dereferences without\nrcu_dereference(), missing the acquire barrier needed to pair with\nwriters' rcu_assign_pointer(). On weakly-ordered architectures (ARM64,\nPOWER), a reader can observe a partially-constructed node. It also\ndefeats CONFIG_PROVE_RCU lockdep validation and KCSAN data-race\ndetection.\n\nReplace with hlist_for_each_entry_rcu() using rcu_read_lock_bh_held()\nas the lockdep condition, consistent with the rcu_dereference_check()\nused in the DEVMAP (non-hash) branch of the same functions. Also fix\nthe same incorrect lockdep_is_held(&dtab->index_lock) condition in\ndev_map_enqueue_multi(), where the lock is not held either.","published":"2026-06-24T17:17:24.000Z","lastModified":"2026-10-19T20:19:04.000Z","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-476","CWE-362"],"affected":["linux/linux kernel"],"epss":{"score":0.00102,"percentile":0.00933,"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":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.10%). 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/4a3d0fe30b907ff324b1b49756f7e713d67f3645","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/571a05ea1baaccc0dc1e0d227b2cbc978b96d392","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7027e705062482a8cea43a1c13ede3c35653966f","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8ed82f807bb09d2c8455aaa665f2c6cb17bc6a19","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b089aa6e94d7a08e74d076a0fe274842dc9feccc","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cb2c1f3cf65b855548e1b8d55a08bfbaa5a0901a","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d4c4bd231ebad70e6f30db429e9640bf378b2f52","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-53096","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."}