High severity · published Aug 16, 2025
CVE-2025-38502
bpf: Fix oob access in cgroup local storage
7.1
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
bpf: Fix oob access in cgroup local storage
Lonial reported that an out-of-bounds access in cgroup local storage
can be crafted via tail calls. Given two programs each utilizing a
cgroup local storage with a different value size, and one program
doing a tail call into the other. The verifier will validate each of
the indivial programs just fine. However, in the runtime context
the bpf_cg_run_ctx holds an bpf_prog_array_item which contains the
BPF program as well as any cgroup local storage flavor the program
uses. Helpers such as bpf_get_local_storage() pick this up from the
runtime context:
ctx = container_of(current->bpf_ctx, struct bpf_cg_run_ctx, run_ctx);
storage = ctx->prog_item->cgroup_storage[stype];
if (stype == BPF_CGROUP_STORAGE_SHARED)
ptr = &READ_ONCE(storage->buf)->data[0];
else
ptr = this_cpu_ptr(storage->percpu_buf);
For the second program which was called from the originally attached
one, this means bpf_get_local_storage() will pick up the former
program's map, not its own. With mismatching sizes, this can result
in an unintended out-of-bounds access.
To fix this issue, we need to extend bpf_map_owner with an array of
storage_cookie[] to match on i) the exact maps from the original
program if the second program was using bpf_get_local_storage(), or
ii) allow the tail call combination if the second program was not
using any of the cgroup local storage maps.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 7% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
KE
Kernel · Linux
5.9 before 5.15.192; 5.16 before 6.1.151; 6.2 before 6.6.105; 6.7 before 6.12.46; 6.13 before 6.16.1 · source: NVD
LI
Linux · Linux
7d9c3427894fe70d1347b4820476bf37736d2ff0 before c1c74584b9b4043c52e41fec415226e582d266a3; 7d9c3427894fe70d1347b4820476bf37736d2ff0 before 66da7cee78590259b400e51a70622ccd41da7bb2; 7d9c3427894fe70d1347b4820476bf37736d2ff0 before 7acfa07c585e3d7a64654d38f0a5c762877d0b9b; 7d9c3427894fe70d1347b4820476bf37736d2ff0 before 41688d1fc5d163a6c2c0e95c0419e2cb31a44648; 7d9c3427894fe70d1347b4820476bf37736d2ff0 before 19341d5c59e8c7e8528e40f8663e99d67810473c; 7d9c3427894fe70d1347b4820476bf37736d2ff0 before abad3d0bad72a52137e0c350c59542d75ae4f513; +1 more · source: vendor
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
11.0 · source: NVD
SC
Simatic CN 4100 Firmware · Siemens
before 5.0 · source: NVD
SC
SIMATIC CN 4100 · Siemens
before V5.0 · source: CISA
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-38502
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-38502
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/19341d5c59e8c7e8528e40f8663e99d67810473c
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/41688d1fc5d163a6c2c0e95c0419e2cb31a44648
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/66da7cee78590259b400e51a70622ccd41da7bb2
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7acfa07c585e3d7a64654d38f0a5c762877d0b9b
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/abad3d0bad72a52137e0c350c59542d75ae4f513
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c1c74584b9b4043c52e41fec415226e582d266a3
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