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DEBIAN-CVE-2025-68742

DEBIAN-CVE-2025-68742 PUBLISHED CVSS 8.699999809265137 HIGH

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bpf: Fix invalid prog->stats access when update_effective_progs fails Syzkaller triggers an invalid memory access issue following fault injection in update_effective_progs. The issue can be described as follows: __cgroup_bpf_detach update_effective_progs compute_effective_progs bpf_prog_array_alloc <-- fault inject purge_effective_progs /* change to dummy_bpf_prog */ array->items[index] = &dummy_bpf_prog.prog ---softirq start--- __do_softirq ... __cgroup_bpf_run_filter_skb __bpf_prog_run_save_cb bpf_prog_run stats = this_cpu_ptr(prog->stats) /* invalid memory access */ flags = u64_stats_update_begin_irqsave(&stats->syncp) ---softirq end--- static_branch_dec(&cgroup_bpf_enabled_key[atype]) The reason is that fault injection caused update_effective_progs to fail and then changed the original prog into dummy_bpf_prog.prog in purge_effective_progs. Then a softirq came, and accessing the members of dummy_bpf_prog.prog in the softirq triggers invalid mem access. To fix it, skip updating stats when stats is NULL.

Risk Scores

CVSS 4.0
8.699999809265137
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Debian:13linux6.12.63-1~bpo12+1, 6.12.57-1~bpo12+1, 6.12.57-1
Debian:14linux6.12.43-1~bpo12+1, 6.12.48-1, 6.12.57-1
Debian:12linux6.1.128-1, 6.1.129-1, 6.1.133-1

Timeline

  • Dec 24, 2025 CVE Published
  • Oct 15, 2026 CVE Updated
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