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CVE-2026-53095

bpf: Fix abuse of kprobe_write_ctx via freplace

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bpf: Fix abuse of kprobe_write_ctx via freplace uprobe programs are allowed to modify struct pt_regs. Since the actual program type of uprobe is KPROBE, it can be abused to modify struct pt_regs via kprobe+freplace when the kprobe attaches to kernel functions. For example, SEC("?kprobe") int kprobe(struct pt_regs *regs) { return 0; } SEC("?freplace") int freplace_kprobe(struct pt_regs *regs) { regs->di = 0; return 0; } freplace_kprobe prog will attach to kprobe prog. kprobe prog will attach to a kernel function. Without this patch, when the kernel function runs, its first arg will always be set as 0 via the freplace_kprobe prog. To fix the abuse of kprobe_write_ctx=true via kprobe+freplace, disallow attaching freplace programs on kprobe programs with different kprobe_write_ctx values.

Affected products

Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.

Linux Linux

Default version status: unaffected

  • 7384893d970ea114952aef54ad7e3d7d2ca82d4f to < b312cf41b9e43f442613053f6cad39898e1baf96affected
  • 7384893d970ea114952aef54ad7e3d7d2ca82d4f to < 9836cadbd96c7e0dbb0018fa60e7872dd31ac4f8affected
  • 7384893d970ea114952aef54ad7e3d7d2ca82d4f to < 611fe4b79af72d00d80f2223354284447daafae9affected

Linux Linux

Default version status: affected

  • 6.18affected
  • 0 to < 6.18unaffected
  • 6.18.33 to ≤ 6.18.*unaffected
  • 7.0.10 to ≤ 7.0.*unaffected
  • 7.1 to ≤ *unaffected

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