GHSA-J9M2-MP7M-3W46
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-09-17 18:32 – Updated: 2026-09-17 18:32In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
bpf: Fix vmlinux BTF prep race in bpf_get_btf_vmlinux
bpf_get_btf_vmlinux() lazily parses the vmlinux BTF under the bpf_verifier_lock, but publishes the result through a plain store and re-checks it through a plain lockless load. Nothing orders the stores initializing the struct btf inside btf_parse_vmlinux() against the store publishing the pointer: On a weakly ordered arch, a concurrent first-time caller taking the lockless fast path could in principle observe the pointer before the parsed contents are visible. The mutex_unlock() does not help such a reader given it only synchronizes with a later acquisition of the same lock. Thus, publish the pointer with smp_store_release() and read it on the fast path with smp_load_acquire().
Acquire semantics are needed rather than a dependency-ordered READ_ONCE(): btf_parse_vmlinux() also populates globals outside the returned object (e.g. bpf_ctx_convert.t). An address dependency would only order accesses performed through the pointer and not cover other globals.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2026-93138"
],
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"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2026-09-17T17:18:08Z",
"severity": null
},
"details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nbpf: Fix vmlinux BTF prep race in bpf_get_btf_vmlinux\n\nbpf_get_btf_vmlinux() lazily parses the vmlinux BTF under the\nbpf_verifier_lock, but publishes the result through a plain store\nand re-checks it through a plain lockless load. Nothing orders\nthe stores initializing the struct btf inside btf_parse_vmlinux()\nagainst the store publishing the pointer: On a weakly ordered\narch, a concurrent first-time caller taking the lockless fast\npath could in principle observe the pointer before the parsed\ncontents are visible. The mutex_unlock() does not help such a\nreader given it only synchronizes with a later acquisition of the\nsame lock. Thus, publish the pointer with smp_store_release()\nand read it on the fast path with smp_load_acquire().\n\nAcquire semantics are needed rather than a dependency-ordered\nREAD_ONCE(): btf_parse_vmlinux() also populates globals outside\nthe returned object (e.g. bpf_ctx_convert.t). An address\ndependency would only order accesses performed through the\npointer and not cover other globals.",
"id": "GHSA-j9m2-mp7m-3w46",
"modified": "2026-09-17T18:32:12Z",
"published": "2026-09-17T18:32:11Z",
"references": [
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"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-93138"
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"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2892f3f44bf865c8fb6b6c0960edec4cc91806ee"
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"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/86d11c594d60b255b526fa5260f669463fb1a063"
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