In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
bpf, cgroup: Fix kernel BUG in purge_effective_progs
Syzkaller reported a triggered kernel BUG as follows:
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kernel BUG at kernel/bpf/cgroup.c:925!
invalid opcode: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP NOPTI
CPU: 1 PID: 194 Comm: detach Not tainted 5.19.0-14184-g69dac8e431af #8
Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS
rel-1.16.0-0-gd239552ce722-prebuilt.qemu.org 04/01/2014
RIP: 0010:__cgroup_bpf_detach+0x1f2/0x2a0
Code: 00 e8 92 60 30 00 84 c0 75 d8 4c 89 e0 31 f6 85 f6 74 19 42 f6 84
28 48 05 00 00 02 75 0e 48 8b 80 c0 00 00 00 48 85 c0 75 e5 <0f> 0b 48
8b 0c5
RSP: 0018:ffffc9000055bdb0 EFLAGS: 00000246
RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffff888100ec0800 RCX: ffffc900000f1000
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000001 RDI: ffff888100ec4578
RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: ffff888100ec0800 R09: 0000000000000040
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: ffff888100ec4000
R13: 000000000000000d R14: ffffc90000199000 R15: ffff888100effb00
FS: 00007f68213d2b80(0000) GS:ffff88813bc80000(0000)
knlGS:0000000000000000
CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 000055f74a0e5850 CR3: 0000000102836000 CR4: 00000000000006e0
Call Trace:
cgroup_bpf_prog_detach+0xcc/0x100
__sys_bpf+0x2273/0x2a00
__x64_sys_bpf+0x17/0x20
do_syscall_64+0x3b/0x90
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd
RIP: 0033:0x7f68214dbcb9
Code: 08 44 89 e0 5b 41 5c c3 66 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 48 89 f8 48 89
f7 48 89 d6 48 89 ca 4d 89 c2 4d 89 c8 4c 8b 4c 24 08 0f 05 <48> 3d 01
f0 ff8
RSP: 002b:00007ffeb487db68 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000141
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 000000000000000b RCX: 00007f68214dbcb9
RDX: 0000000000000090 RSI: 00007ffeb487db70 RDI: 0000000000000009
RBP: 0000000000000003 R08: 0000000000000012 R09: 0000000b00000003
R10: 00007ffeb487db70 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 00007ffeb487dc20
R13: 0000000000000004 R14: 0000000000000001 R15: 000055f74a1011b0
Modules linked in:
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Repetition steps:
For the following cgroup tree,
root
|
cg1
|
cg2
- attach prog2 to cg2, and then attach prog1 to cg1, both bpf progs
attach type is NONE or OVERRIDE.
- write 1 to /proc/thread-self/fail-nth for failslab.
- detach prog1 for cg1, and then kernel BUG occur.
Failslab injection will cause kmalloc fail and fall back to
purge_effective_progs. The problem is that cg2 have attached another prog,
so when go through cg2 layer, iteration will add pos to 1, and subsequent
operations will be skipped by the following condition, and cg will meet
NULL in the end.
if (pos && !(cg->bpf.flags[atype] & BPF_F_ALLOW_MULTI))
The NULL cg means no link or prog match, this is as expected, and it's not
a bug. So here just skip the no match situation.
What the EG score is made of (scorer v4.0: the three questions the 0–10 score mixes, published apart · methodology)
The EG score (7.1): severity, escalated by confirmed exploitation. This CVE's 7.1 is its impact severity (EG Severity), not escalated.
- EG Severity
- 7.1 HIGHCVSS-B, impact only: no KEV listing, EPSS or EG-KEV tier raises it.GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
- EG Likelihood
- 0.3% within 30 daysSource: FIRST EPSS (model v2026.06.15, score date 2026-10-28). FIRST's exploitation probability, not an EchelonGraph model.
- Confirmed exploitation
- None on record (CISA KEV, EG-KEV Tier 1)Reported apart from the likelihood: an observed fact, not a probability.
- EG Priority
- SSVC Track at medium mission impactTrack at low or medium mission impact; Track* at high (mission-essential systems).CISA BOD 26-04: 14 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; Fix on system upgrade if it is not.Each input and its source, and whom BOD 26-04 binds: the SSVC and BOD 26-04 blocks below.
SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph)Track at low or medium mission impact; Track* at high (mission-essential systems).
A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines.
Exploitation none (no CISA value, KEV listing or exploit code on record) · Automatable no (CISA's BOD 26-04 default) · Technical impact total (CISA's BOD 26-04 default). EchelonGraph holds no SSVC assessment of this CVE from CISA: none of these inputs is from Vulnrichment. EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE. Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it. CISA's table makes it high when Mission Prevalence is Essential — the vulnerable component "directly provides capabilities that constitute at least one MEF for at least one entity" (MEF: mission essential function) — or when Public Well-Being Impact is Irreversible: "multiple fatalities are likely", the cyber-physical system "is likely lost or destroyed", "extreme or serious externalities" are imposed on other parties, or social systems such as elections or the financial grid "are destabilized and potentially collapse". CISA's decision table
BOD 26-04 (CISA's remediation timeline, Table 1)14 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; Fix on system upgrade if it is not.
The score's inputs: In CISA KEV no (CISA's KEV catalog) · Automatable no (CISA's BOD 26-04 default) · Technical impact total (CISA's BOD 26-04 default). Where an input reads “CISA's BOD 26-04 default”, no one has published it for this CVE, and CISA's implementation guidance says: “If “Automatable” and “Technical Impact” information items about a CVE ID are not available and the CVE ID is not in the KEV Catalog, CISA will treat its values as “no” and “total,” respectively, until CISA or a third party provides metadata about the CVE ID. CISA will always provide the Vulnrichment data for a CVE ID listed in the KEV Catalog.” Whether your system is publicly exposed is yours to answer. BOD 26-04 binds US Federal Civilian Executive Branch agencies; for anyone else it is CISA's published timeline, a reference rather than an obligation. The directive · how EchelonGraph applies it