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The issue can be described as\nfollows:\n\n__cgroup_bpf_detach\n update_effective_progs\n compute_effective_progs\n bpf_prog_array_alloc <-- fault inject\n purge_effective_progs\n /* change to dummy_bpf_prog */\n array->items[index] = &dummy_bpf_prog.prog\n\n---softirq start---\n__do_softirq\n ...\n __cgroup_bpf_run_filter_skb\n __bpf_prog_run_save_cb\n bpf_prog_run\n stats = this_cpu_ptr(prog->stats)\n /* invalid memory access */\n flags = u64_stats_update_begin_irqsave(&stats->syncp)\n---softirq end---\n\n static_branch_dec(&cgroup_bpf_enabled_key[atype])\n\nThe reason is that fault injection caused update_effective_progs to fail\nand then changed the original prog into dummy_bpf_prog.prog in\npurge_effective_progs. Then a softirq came, and accessing the members of\ndummy_bpf_prog.prog in the softirq triggers invalid mem access.\n\nTo fix it, skip updating stats when stats is NULL."}], "affected": [{"product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "unaffected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": ["include/linux/filter.h", "kernel/bpf/syscall.c"], "versions": [{"version": "492ecee892c2a4ba6a14903d5d586ff750b7e805", "lessThan": "93d1964773ff513c9bd530f7686d3e48b786fa6b", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}, {"version": "492ecee892c2a4ba6a14903d5d586ff750b7e805", "lessThan": "bf2c990b012100610c0f1ec5c4ea434da2d080c2", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}, {"version": "492ecee892c2a4ba6a14903d5d586ff750b7e805", "lessThan": "539137e3038ce6f953efd72110110f03c14c7d97", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}, {"version": "492ecee892c2a4ba6a14903d5d586ff750b7e805", "lessThan": "56905bb70c8b88421709bb4e32fcba617aa37d41", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}, {"version": "492ecee892c2a4ba6a14903d5d586ff750b7e805", "lessThan": "2579c356ccd35d06238b176e4b460978186d804b", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}, {"version": "492ecee892c2a4ba6a14903d5d586ff750b7e805", "lessThan": "7dc211c1159d991db609bdf4b0fb9033c04adcbc", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}]}, {"product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "affected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": ["include/linux/filter.h", "kernel/bpf/syscall.c"], "versions": [{"version": "5.1", "status": "affected"}, {"version": "0", "lessThan": "5.1", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver"}, {"version": "6.1.160", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.1.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver"}, {"version": "6.6.120", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.6.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver"}, {"version": "6.12.63", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.12.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver"}, {"version": "6.17.13", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.17.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver"}, {"version": "6.18.2", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.18.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver"}, {"version": "6.19", "lessThanOrEqual": "*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix"}]}], "cpeApplicability": [{"nodes": [{"operator": "OR", "negate": false, "cpeMatch": [{"vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "5.1", "versionEndExcluding": "6.1.160"}, {"vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "5.1", "versionEndExcluding": "6.6.120"}, {"vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "5.1", "versionEndExcluding": "6.12.63"}, {"vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "5.1", "versionEndExcluding": "6.17.13"}, {"vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "5.1", "versionEndExcluding": "6.18.2"}, {"vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "5.1", "versionEndExcluding": "6.19"}]}]}], "references": [{"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/93d1964773ff513c9bd530f7686d3e48b786fa6b"}, {"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bf2c990b012100610c0f1ec5c4ea434da2d080c2"}, {"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/539137e3038ce6f953efd72110110f03c14c7d97"}, {"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/56905bb70c8b88421709bb4e32fcba617aa37d41"}, {"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2579c356ccd35d06238b176e4b460978186d804b"}, {"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7dc211c1159d991db609bdf4b0fb9033c04adcbc"}], "title": "bpf: Fix invalid prog->stats access when update_effective_progs fails", "x_generator": {"engine": "bippy-1.2.0"}}}}

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