CVE-2026-68386
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bpf, sockmap: Reject unhashed UDP sockets on sockmap update UDP sockets get SOCK_RCU_FREE set when (auto-)bound. This means sk_is_refcounted(unbound) = true, while sk_is_refcounted(bound) = false. Because sockmap accepts unbound UDP sockets, a BPF program can increment a socket's refcount via lookup. If the socket is subsequently bound, the transition from unbound to bound causes bpf_sk_release() to skip the decrement of the refcount, causing a memory leak. unreferenced object 0xffff88810bc2eb40 (size 1984): comm "test_progs", pid 2451, jiffies 4295320596 hex dump (first 32 bytes): 7f 00 00 01 7f 00 00 01 d2 04 1b b7 04 d2 00 00 ................ 02 00 01 40 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ...@............ backtrace (crc bdee079d): kmem_cache_alloc_noprof+0x557/0x660 sk_prot_alloc+0x69/0x240 sk_alloc+0x30/0x460 inet_create+0x2ce/0xf80 __sock_create+0x25b/0x5c0 __sys_socket+0x119/0x1d0 __x64_sys_socket+0x72/0xd0 do_syscall_64+0xa1/0x5f0 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e Instead of special-casing for refcounted sockets, reject unhashed UDP sockets during sockmap updates, as there is no benefit to supporting those. This effectively reverts the commit under Fixes, with two exceptions: 1. sock_map_sk_state_allowed() maintains a fall-through `return true`. 2. In the spirit of commit b8b8315e39ff ("bpf, sockmap: Remove unhash handler for BPF sockmap usage"), the proto::unhash BPF handler is not reintroduced. Historical note: this issue is related to commit 67312adc96b5 ("bpf: reject unhashed sockets in bpf_sk_assign").
How to fix
- Linux Linux2271276ac5279d2d204be7739a1a28d4ef6cf608, 7ffe529e7127411806c8692fb1490f552c629dc2, 17b7ef6b86112a4e61cee1e9009a4b318e3225c5, 250474c69bc3fc48a5fc21d7c349f279caad947a, 8692655da369961128658cf8539334b6a960ecb0, 66efd3368ae10d05e08fbe6425b50fdec7186ac7 or later
Affected products
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Linux Linux | 0c48eefae712c2fd91480346a07a1a9cd0f9470b ≤ v < 2271276ac5279d2d204be7739a1a28d4ef6cf608, 0c48eefae712c2fd91480346a07a1a9cd0f9470b ≤ v < 7ffe529e7127411806c8692fb1490f552c629dc2, 0c48eefae712c2fd91480346a07a1a9cd0f9470b ≤ v < 17b7ef6b86112a4e61cee1e9009a4b318e3225c5, 0c48eefae712c2fd91480346a07a1a9cd0f9470b ≤ v < 250474c69bc3fc48a5fc21d7c349f279caad947a, 0c48eefae712c2fd91480346a07a1a9cd0f9470b ≤ v < 8692655da369961128658cf8539334b6a960ecb0, 0c48eefae712c2fd91480346a07a1a9cd0f9470b ≤ v < 66efd3368ae10d05e08fbe6425b50fdec7186ac7, 5.15 | 2271276ac5279d2d204be7739a1a28d4ef6cf608, 7ffe529e7127411806c8692fb1490f552c629dc2, 17b7ef6b86112a4e61cee1e9009a4b318e3225c5, 250474c69bc3fc48a5fc21d7c349f279caad947a, 8692655da369961128658cf8539334b6a960ecb0, 66efd3368ae10d05e08fbe6425b50fdec7186ac7 |
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