CVE-2026-23342

Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-23342
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-23342.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2026-23342
Downstream
Published
2026-03-25T10:27:30Z
Modified
2026-08-12T03:51:25Z
Summary
bpf: Fix race in cpumap on PREEMPT_RT
Details

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

bpf: Fix race in cpumap on PREEMPT_RT

On PREEMPT_RT kernels, the per-CPU xdp_bulk_queue (bq) can be accessed concurrently by multiple preemptible tasks on the same CPU.

The original code assumes bq_enqueue() and __cpu_map_flush() run atomically with respect to each other on the same CPU, relying on local_bh_disable() to prevent preemption. However, on PREEMPT_RT, local_bh_disable() only calls migrate_disable() (when PREEMPT_RT_NEEDS_BH_LOCK is not set) and does not disable preemption, which allows CFS scheduling to preempt a task during bq_flush_to_queue(), enabling another task on the same CPU to enter bq_enqueue() and operate on the same per-CPU bq concurrently.

This leads to several races:

  1. Double __list_del_clearprev(): after bq->count is reset in bq_flush_to_queue(), a preempting task can call bq_enqueue() -> bq_flush_to_queue() on the same bq when bq->count reaches CPU_MAP_BULK_SIZE. Both tasks then call __list_del_clearprev() on the same bq->flush_node, the second call dereferences the prev pointer that was already set to NULL by the first.

  2. bq->count and bq->q[] races: concurrent bq_enqueue() can corrupt the packet queue while bq_flush_to_queue() is processing it.

The race between task A (__cpu_map_flush -> bq_flush_to_queue) and task B (bq_enqueue -> bq_flush_to_queue) on the same CPU:

Task A (xdp_do_flush) Task B (cpu_map_enqueue)


bq_flush_to_queue(bq) spin_lock(&q->producer_lock) /* flush bq->q[] to ptr_ring / bq->count = 0 spin_unlock(&q->producer_lock) bq_enqueue(rcpu, xdpf) <-- CFS preempts Task A --> bq->q[bq->count++] = xdpf / ... more enqueues until full ... / bq_flush_to_queue(bq) spin_lock(&q->producer_lock) / flush to ptr_ring / spin_unlock(&q->producer_lock) __list_del_clearprev(flush_node) / sets flush_node.prev = NULL / <-- Task A resumes --> __list_del_clearprev(flush_node) flush_node.prev->next = ... / prev is NULL -> kernel oops */

Fix this by adding a local_lock_t to xdp_bulk_queue and acquiring it in bq_enqueue() and __cpu_map_flush(). These paths already run under local_bh_disable(), so use local_lock_nested_bh() which on non-RT is a pure annotation with no overhead, and on PREEMPT_RT provides a per-CPU sleeping lock that serializes access to the bq.

To reproduce, insert an mdelay(100) between bq->count = 0 and __list_del_clearprev() in bq_flush_to_queue(), then run reproducer provided by syzkaller.

Database specific
{
    "cna_assigner": "Linux",
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/23xxx/CVE-2026-23342.json"
}
References

Affected packages

Git / git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
3253cb49cbad4772389d6ef55be75db1f97da910
Fixed
7466ae2aeed483de80c5d8dea0913cf74038b652
Fixed
e67299e1044349ad0088d52c6bc5764cc1816c06
Fixed
869c63d5975d55e97f6b168e885452b3da20ea47

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-23342.json"

Linux / Kernel

Package

Name
Kernel

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.18.0
Fixed
6.18.17
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.19.0
Fixed
6.19.7

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-23342.json"