CVE-2026-90250

Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-90250
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-90250.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2026-90250
Downstream
Published
2026-09-17T16:07:51Z
Modified
2026-09-19T03:47:25Z
Summary
bpf, cgroup: Fix storage null-ptr-deref after replacing prog
Details

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

bpf, cgroup: Fix storage null-ptr-deref after replacing prog

Syzkaller reported a storage null-ptr-deref issue after replacing prog. This occurs in the following scenario:

  1. prog A, an empty prog, is attached to a cgrp.
  2. prog B uses BPF_MAP_TYPE_PERCPU_CGROUP_STORAGE and calls the bpf_get_local_storage helper.
  3. link_update is called to replace prog A with prog B.

The reason is that __cgroup_bpf_replace fails to alloc and assign the required cgrp storage for the incoming replacement prog. Consequently, the new prog inherits an uninit storage, leading to null-ptr-deref panic when kick the new prog.

Fix this by rejecting a link update if new_prog's cgroup storage is incompatible with link->prog.

Database specific
{
    "cna_assigner": "Linux",
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/90xxx/CVE-2026-90250.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
0c991ebc8c69d29b7fc44db17075c5aa5253e2ab
Fixed
a033c950f6731be88a7da98604ed78f302f15b80
Fixed
1ab3da12061d7ccb099f7e925fa2d865967a316a
Fixed
12feca126831556dc7fabe5a3ba28fbd328768b6
Fixed
3f562c537e9ecf4bc5e206cfffc2cc047f1b7e94

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-90250.json"

Linux / Kernel

Package

Name
Kernel

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
5.7.0
Fixed
6.12.110
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.13.0
Fixed
6.18.52
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.19.0
Fixed
7.2.6

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-90250.json"