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bpf: Fix a UAF issue in bpf_trampoline_link_cgroup_shim
authorLang Xu <xulang@uniontech.com>
Tue, 3 Mar 2026 09:52:17 +0000 (17:52 +0800)
committerMartin KaFai Lau <martin.lau@kernel.org>
Tue, 3 Mar 2026 23:13:51 +0000 (15:13 -0800)
commit56145d237385ca0e7ca9ff7b226aaf2eb8ef368b
tree472fcb3b5f97ec0566f00a06fffafd3b1a4871e8
parent3ebc98c1ae7efda949a015990280a097f4a5453a
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 'bpf_trampoline_link_cgroup_shim'.

Based on Martin KaFai Lau's suggestions, I have created a simple patch.

To fix this:
   Add an atomic non-zero check in 'bpf_trampoline_link_cgroup_shim'.
   Only increment the refcount if it is not already zero.

Testing:
   I verified the fix by adding a delay in
   'bpf_shim_tramp_link_release' to make the bug easier to trigger:

static void bpf_shim_tramp_link_release(struct bpf_link *link)
{
/* ... */
if (!shim_link->trampoline)
return;

+ msleep(100);
WARN_ON_ONCE(bpf_trampoline_unlink_prog(&shim_link->link,
shim_link->trampoline, NULL));
bpf_trampoline_put(shim_link->trampoline);
}

Before the patch, running a PoC easily reproduced the crash(almost 100%)
with a call trace similar to KaiyanM's report.
After the patch, the bug no longer occurs even after millions of
iterations.

Fixes: 69fd337a975c ("bpf: per-cgroup lsm flavor")
Reported-by: Kaiyan Mei <M202472210@hust.edu.cn>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/3c4ebb0b.46ff8.19abab8abe2.Coremail.kaiyanm@hust.edu.cn/
Signed-off-by: Lang Xu <xulang@uniontech.com>
Signed-off-by: Martin KaFai Lau <martin.lau@kernel.org>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/279EEE1BA1DDB49D+20260303095217.34436-1-xulang@uniontech.com
kernel/bpf/trampoline.c