UNKNOWN NVD
CVE-2026-72110
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bpf,fork: wipe ->bpf_storage before bailouts that access it Currently, copy_process() can
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
bpf,fork: wipe ->bpf_storage before bailouts that access it
Currently, copy_process() can bail out to free_task() before p->bpf_storage
has been initialized, with this call graph (shown here for the
!CONFIG_MEMCG case):
copy_process
dup_task_struct
arch_dup_task_struct
[copies the entire task_struct, including ->bpf_storage member]
[RLIMIT_NPROC check fails]
delayed_free_task
free_task
bpf_task_storage_free
rcu_dereference(task->bpf_storage)
bpf_local_storage_destroy
In this case, the nascent task's ->bpf_storage member that
bpf_local_storage_destroy() operates on is a plain copy of the parent's
->bpf_storage pointer, not a real initialized pointer.
This leads to badness (kernel hangs, UAF).
This is reachable as long as the process calling fork() has been inserted
into a task storage map.
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/43f0005f81b8ce3be962d653cde8db9022f1e9b0
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9b51a6155d14389876916726430da30eabb1d4ed
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9cff220ddb65b022cc668bb652200742476e744c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c3fd6f28c7ce1142a3b23dbb840eaa4777de1d74
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c4f626ddf2350652ad2f79daf1f10847f3f6eabd
This unknown severity vulnerability was published on 2026-08-15 via NVD.
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