CVE-2026-98060 (GCVE-0-2026-98060)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-09-25 10:24 – Updated: 2026-10-19 09:13
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Title
bpf: Reject resilient lock operations in rbtree callbacks
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bpf: Reject resilient lock operations in rbtree callbacks __bpf_rbtree_add() keeps parent and link pointers live across calls to the program-supplied comparison callback. The verifier therefore requires the root's lock to remain held throughout the callback. The helper path enforces this rule for bpf_spin_lock() and bpf_spin_unlock(), but the resilient lock kfunc argument path does not. Since resilient locks may protect BPF rbtree roots, a callback can release the root lock and let another CPU remove and free the node referenced by the in-progress tree walk. The walk then resumes using freed pointers. Reject resilient lock kfuncs in an rbtree comparison callback, matching the existing policy for the spin lock helpers. Resilient-lock-protected trees remain valid when their comparison callbacks leave lock state alone.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
Assigner
Linux CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard D 53/100 over 6641 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Linux Linux Affected: 0de2046137f976e7302d43ac01d9894d07ac1fff , < cc2e065ed206aecd9b94564779244f3ffb26e356 (git)
Affected: 0de2046137f976e7302d43ac01d9894d07ac1fff , < 71930202a0a0c49f0a3b45b41907a074cb780266 (git)
Affected: 0de2046137f976e7302d43ac01d9894d07ac1fff , < 7b7b8b5960102566bd625ae829d1f330c5b5d104 (git)
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Linux Linux Affected: 6.15
Unaffected: 0 , < 6.15 (semver)
Unaffected: 6.18.53 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver)
Unaffected: 7.2.7 , ≤ 7.2.* (semver)
Unaffected: 7.3 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)
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