Public vulnerability disclosure

CVE-2026-68386

bpf, sockmap: Reject unhashed UDP sockets on sockmap update

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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bpf, sockmap: Reject unhashed UDP sockets on sockmap update UDP sockets get SOCK_RCU_FREE set when (auto-)bound. This means sk_is_refcounted(unbound) = true, while sk_is_refcounted(bound) = false. Because sockmap accepts unbound UDP sockets, a BPF program can increment a socket's refcount via lookup. If the socket is subsequently bound, the transition from unbound to bound causes bpf_sk_release() to skip the decrement of the refcount, causing a memory leak. unreferenced object 0xffff88810bc2eb40 (size 1984): comm "test_progs", pid 2451, jiffies 4295320596 hex dump (first 32 bytes): 7f 00 00 01 7f 00 00 01 d2 04 1b b7 04 d2 00 00 ................ 02 00 01 40 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ...@............ backtrace (crc bdee079d): kmem_cache_alloc_noprof+0x557/0x660 sk_prot_alloc+0x69/0x240 sk_alloc+0x30/0x460 inet_create+0x2ce/0xf80 __sock_create+0x25b/0x5c0 __sys_socket+0x119/0x1d0 __x64_sys_socket+0x72/0xd0 do_syscall_64+0xa1/0x5f0 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e Instead of special-casing for refcounted sockets, reject unhashed UDP sockets during sockmap updates, as there is no benefit to supporting those. This effectively reverts the commit under Fixes, with two exceptions: 1. sock_map_sk_state_allowed() maintains a fall-through `return true`. 2. In the spirit of commit b8b8315e39ff ("bpf, sockmap: Remove unhash handler for BPF sockmap usage"), the proto::unhash BPF handler is not reintroduced. Historical note: this issue is related to commit 67312adc96b5 ("bpf: reject unhashed sockets in bpf_sk_assign").

Technical severityUnscoredNo score in collected sources
Published2026-08-10Source updated 2026-11-06
Collected2026-11-062 attributed sources

Fixes and workarounds

No remediation reported in collected sources.

Missing remediation information is not evidence that no patch exists.

Affected products and versions

Affected products, source version ranges and reporting authorities
ProductVersionsAuthority
Linux
Linux
≥ 0c48eefae712c2fd91480346a07a1a9cd0f9470b; < 2271276ac5279d2d204be7739a1a28d4ef6cf608 (affected, git)
≥ 0c48eefae712c2fd91480346a07a1a9cd0f9470b; < 7ffe529e7127411806c8692fb1490f552c629dc2 (affected, git)
≥ 0c48eefae712c2fd91480346a07a1a9cd0f9470b; < 17b7ef6b86112a4e61cee1e9009a4b318e3225c5 (affected, git)
≥ 0c48eefae712c2fd91480346a07a1a9cd0f9470b; < 250474c69bc3fc48a5fc21d7c349f279caad947a (affected, git)
≥ 0c48eefae712c2fd91480346a07a1a9cd0f9470b; < 8692655da369961128658cf8539334b6a960ecb0 (affected, git)
≥ 0c48eefae712c2fd91480346a07a1a9cd0f9470b; < 66efd3368ae10d05e08fbe6425b50fdec7186ac7 (affected, git)
Other versions: unaffected
CNA: Linux
Linux
Linux
5.15 (affected)
≥ 0; < 5.15 (unaffected, semver)
≥ 6.1.183; ≤ 6.1.* (unaffected, semver)
≥ 6.6.148; ≤ 6.6.* (unaffected, semver)
≥ 6.12.101; ≤ 6.12.* (unaffected, semver)
≥ 6.18.42; ≤ 6.18.* (unaffected, semver)
≥ 7.1.6; ≤ 7.1.* (unaffected, semver)
≥ 7.2; ≤ * (unaffected, original_commit_for_fix)
Other versions: affected
CNA: Linux

Version ranges are source assertions. Check the vendor advisory and your installed configuration before determining exposure.

CVSS assessments

No CVSS assessment reported. An unscored record is not a low-severity determination.

Exploit evidence

No exploit evidence in collected sources. This is not proof of no exploitation.

References

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