CVE-2026-90313 json
bpf, cgroup: Fix invalid storage access after __cgroup_bpf_attach failed
published 2026-09-17 53 d ago modified 2026-10-30 10 d ago also EUVD-2026-81974
- cvss
- —
- not scored
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.2%
- EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 11%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
bpf, cgroup: Fix invalid storage access after __cgroup_bpf_attach failed
A potential invalid storage access issue can occur after replacing a cgroup bpf prog.
This occurs in the following scenario: 1. prog1 with storage is attached to a cgroup in multi-attach mode. 2. prog1 is replaced with prog2 using BPF_F_REPLACE in multi-attach mode, but fails midway (e.g. in bpf_trampoline_link_cgroup_shim or update_effective_progs). 3. A new prog3 is attached to the cgroup in multi-attach mode.
The reason is that __cgroup_bpf_attach overwrites pl->storage with the new storage prior to attachment completion. When attachment fails midway, the cleanup path calls bpf_cgroup_storages_free(new_storage) to free the newly allocated storage, but fails to restore pl->storage back to old_storage.
Consequently, the still-active prog1 holds invalid or dangling storage pointers, leading to an invalid memory access when prog1 executes and calls bpf_get_local_storage. Additionally, original pl->flags and cgrp->bpf.flags[atype] are left unrestored.
Fix this by saving old_pl_flags, old_storage, and old_flags prior to the update, and properly restoring all of them in the cleanup path on error.
Patch / fix
- Linux Linux 6.1.191, 6.6.157, 6.12.110, 6.18.52, 7.2.6, 7.3
- linux Debian 13 6.12.111-1
- linux Debian 14 7.2.6-1
- linux-6.12 Debian 12 6.12.111-1~deb12u1
debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2026-90313
- linux Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 7.0.0-42.42
- linux-aws Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 7.0.0-1016.17
- linux-gcp Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 7.0.0-1016.18
- linux-ibm Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 7.0.0-1017.17
- linux-riscv Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 7.0.0-42.42.1
- linux-oracle Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 7.0.0-1015.16
- linux-hwe-7.0 Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 7.0.0-42.42~24.04.1
- linux-oem-7.0 Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 7.0.0-1017.17
ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2026-90313
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- kernel-source openSUSE Tumbleweed 7.2.7-1.1
opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2026:11880-1
- kernel Azure Linux 3.0 6.6.157.1-1
azure linux advisories AZL-102483
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- git.kernel.org/stable/c/217b257d2c39e8dc32d691e8952f3cd921a80233 commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/e26db0d636e4c24a6b16683ea95cf5077c64d74b commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/aaca16e042527f7efe48b50799bc662f1a191ce1 commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/86ead176301109b78e1d14c0e9d0d9ff9723c769 commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/2c2218560b6e28a63ff7834ba26d09ff8efdee39 commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/6655c409707ec8ce9ce0850ffe4fe02331fd4d9c commit
Vendor advisories
What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.
red hat product security vex CVE-2026-90313 updated cvss 5.5
kernel: bpf, cgroup: Fix invalid storage access after __cgroup_bpf_attach failed
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, kernel-core, kernel-tools, +29 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 rv, perf, rtla, kernel, bpftool, libperf, +83 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 kernel Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-8, openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-9 Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 5 openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-9affected: workaround, no fix available “Fix deferred”
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 perf, kernel, python-perf, kernel-kdump, kernel-firmware, kernel-bootwrapper, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, python-perf, kernel-kdump, +8 morenot affected: vulnerable code not present
Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf
Exploit prediction
0.21% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 11% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
Affected products
- Linux Linux
Classification
- Technology feeds
References
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/217b257d2c39e8dc32d691e8952f3cd921a80233
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/e26db0d636e4c24a6b16683ea95cf5077c64d74b
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/aaca16e042527f7efe48b50799bc662f1a191ce1
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/86ead176301109b78e1d14c0e9d0d9ff9723c769
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/2c2218560b6e28a63ff7834ba26d09ff8efdee39
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/6655c409707ec8ce9ce0850ffe4fe02331fd4d9c
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2026-90313
- NVD CVE-2026-90313
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