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CVE-2026-68399

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Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bpf: Fix UAF in sock clone early bailouts Similar to recent commit 9b51a6155d14 ("bpf,fork: wipe ->bpf_storage before bailouts that access it"), sk_clone() performs an initial shallow copy of the socket field ->sk_bpf_storage via sock_copy() for the cloned socket newsk. If sk_clone() bails out early (e.g. if sk_filter_charge() fails) prior to calling bpf_sk_storage_clone(), newsk->sk_bpf_storage still points to the parent socket's BPF local storage. When newsk is subsequently freed via sk_free(), the deallocation path (__sk_destruct() -> bpf_sk_storage_free()) destroys the parent socket's BPF local storage, leading to a use-after-free (UAF) on the parent socket. Fix this by resetting newsk->sk_bpf_storage to NULL immediately after sock_copy() in sk_clone(), and remove the now redundant initialization from bpf_sk_storage_clone().

Severity
HIGH
CVSS score
7.8 (v3.1)
Vulnerability status
Received
Source identifier
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
Published
2026-08-10 13:20:33.383000
Last modified
2026-10-30 13:19:44.210000
View original CVE JSON 
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  "published": "2026-08-10T13:20:33.383",
  "lastModified": "2026-10-30T13:19:44.210",
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      "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nbpf: Fix UAF in sock clone early bailouts\n\nSimilar to recent commit 9b51a6155d14 (\"bpf,fork: wipe ->bpf_storage\nbefore bailouts that access it\"), sk_clone() performs an initial\nshallow copy of the socket field ->sk_bpf_storage via sock_copy()\nfor the cloned socket newsk.\n\nIf sk_clone() bails out early (e.g. if sk_filter_charge() fails) prior\nto calling bpf_sk_storage_clone(), newsk->sk_bpf_storage still points\nto the parent socket's BPF local storage. When newsk is subsequently\nfreed via sk_free(), the deallocation path (__sk_destruct() ->\nbpf_sk_storage_free()) destroys the parent socket's BPF local storage,\nleading to a use-after-free (UAF) on the parent socket.\n\nFix this by resetting newsk->sk_bpf_storage to NULL immediately after\nsock_copy() in sk_clone(), and remove the now redundant initialization\nfrom bpf_sk_storage_clone()."
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