CVE-2026-23319 — Expired Pointer Dereference in Linux
Severity
6.4MEDIUM
No vectorEPSS
0.0%
top 90.94%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedMar 25
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
bpf: Fix a UAF issue in bpf_trampoline_link_cgroup_shim
The root cause of this bug is that when 'bpf_link_put' reduces the
refcount of 'shim_link->link.link' to zero, the resource is considered
released but may still be referenced via 'tr->progs_hlist' in
'cgroup_shim_find'. The actual cleanup of 'tr->progs_hlist' in
'bpf_shim_tramp_link_release' is deferred. During this window, another
process can cause a use-after-free via '…
Affected Packages5 packages
▶CVEListV5linux/linux69fd337a975c7e690dfe49d9cb4fe5ba1e6db44e — 529e685e522b9d7fb379dbe6929dcdf520e34c8c+6
🔴Vulnerability Details
3OSV▶
CVE-2026-23319: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bpf: Fix a UAF issue in bpf_trampoline_link_cgroup_shim The root cause of this bug↗2026-03-25
GHSA▶
GHSA-65x4-mv56-gf8m: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
bpf: Fix a UAF issue in bpf_trampoline_link_cgroup_shim
The root cause of this b↗2026-03-25