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CVE-2025-38502
published 2025-08-16

CVE-2025-38502: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bpf: Fix oob access in cgroup local storage Lonial reported that an out-of-bounds access in…

high7.1CVSS 3.1
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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bpf: Fix oob access in cgroup local storage Lonial reported that an out-of-bounds access in cgroup local storage can be crafted via tail calls. Given two programs each utilizing a cgroup local storage with a different value size, and one program doing a tail call into the other. The verifier will validate each of the indivial programs just fine. However, in the runtime context the bpf_cg_run_ctx holds an bpf_prog_array_item which contains the BPF program as well as any cgroup local storage flavor the program uses. Helpers such as bpf_get_local_storage() pick this up from the runtime context: ctx = container_of(current->bpf_ctx, struct bpf_cg_run_ctx, run_ctx); storage = ctx->prog_item->cgroup_storage[stype]; if (stype == BPF_CGROUP_STORAGE_SHARED) ptr = &READ_ONCE(storage->buf)->data[0]; else ptr = this_cpu_ptr(storage->percpu_buf); For the second program which was called from the originally attached one, this means bpf_get_local_storage() will pick up the former program's map, not its own. With mismatching sizes, this can result in an unintended out-of-bounds access. To fix this issue, we need to extend bpf_map_owner with an array of storage_cookie[] to match on i) the exact maps from the original program if the second program was using bpf_get_local_storage(), or ii) allow the tail call combination if the second program was not using any of the cgroup local storage maps.

Affected

26 ranges· showing 25
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
debiandebian_linux
debianlinux< linux 6.1.153-1 (bookworm)linux 6.1.153-1 (bookworm)
debianlinux-6.1< linux 6.1.153-1 (bookworm)linux 6.1.153-1 (bookworm)
linuxlinux
linuxlinux>= 7d9c3427894fe70d1347b4820476bf37736d2ff0 < c1c74584b9b4043c52e41fec415226e582d266a3c1c74584b9b4043c52e41fec415226e582d266a3
linuxlinux>= 7d9c3427894fe70d1347b4820476bf37736d2ff0 < 66da7cee78590259b400e51a70622ccd41da7bb266da7cee78590259b400e51a70622ccd41da7bb2
linuxlinux>= 7d9c3427894fe70d1347b4820476bf37736d2ff0 < 7acfa07c585e3d7a64654d38f0a5c762877d0b9b7acfa07c585e3d7a64654d38f0a5c762877d0b9b
linuxlinux>= 7d9c3427894fe70d1347b4820476bf37736d2ff0 < 41688d1fc5d163a6c2c0e95c0419e2cb31a4464841688d1fc5d163a6c2c0e95c0419e2cb31a44648
linuxlinux>= 7d9c3427894fe70d1347b4820476bf37736d2ff0 < 19341d5c59e8c7e8528e40f8663e99d67810473c19341d5c59e8c7e8528e40f8663e99d67810473c
linuxlinux>= 7d9c3427894fe70d1347b4820476bf37736d2ff0 < abad3d0bad72a52137e0c350c59542d75ae4f513abad3d0bad72a52137e0c350c59542d75ae4f513
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.1.153-16.1.153-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.12.48-16.12.48-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.16.3-16.16.3-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 5.15.0-163.1735.15.0-163.173
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.8.0-106.1066.8.0-106.106
linuxlinux_kernel>= 5.16 < 6.1.1516.1.151
linuxlinux_kernel>= 5.9 < 5.15.1925.15.192
linuxlinux_kernel>= 6.13 < 6.16.16.16.1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 6.2 < 6.6.1056.6.105
linuxlinux_kernel>= 6.7 < 6.12.466.12.46
msrcazl3_kernel_6.6.104.2-4_on_azure_linux_3.0
msrcazl3_kernel_6.6.96.2-1_on_azure_linux_3.0
msrcazl3_kernel_6.6.96.2-2_on_azure_linux_3.0
msrccbl2_kernel_5.15.186.1-1_on_cbl_mariner_2.0
siemenssimatic_cn_4100_firmware< 5.05.0

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.17.1HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
osv7.1HIGH