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Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation. ## Source facts (JSON-quoted data) CNA source text (English) id: "CVE-2026-53034" idYear: 2026 status: "PUBLISHED" publishedAt: "2026-06-24T16:29:41.676Z" updatedAt: "2026-06-24T16:29:41.676Z" importedAt: "2026-10-24T01:58:14.884Z" snapshot: {"id":"cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline","at":"2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z","source":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/releases/tag/cve_2026-10-24_0100Z"} url: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-53034" json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-53034.json" sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-53034" title: "bpf, sockmap: Fix af_unix null-ptr-deref in proto update" summary: "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nbpf, sockmap: Fix af_unix null-ptr-deref in proto update\n\nunix_stream_connect() sets sk_state (`WRITE_ONCE(sk-\u003esk_state,\nTCP_ESTABLISHED)`) _before_ it assigns a peer (`unix_peer(sk) = newsk`).\nsk_state == TCP_ESTABLISHED makes sock_map_sk_state_allowed() believe that\nsocket is properly set up, which would include having a defined peer. IOW,\nthere's a window when unix_stream_bpf_update_proto() can be called on\nsocket which still has unix_peer(sk) == NULL.\n\n CPU0 bpf CPU1 connect\n -------- ------------\n\n WRITE_ONCE(sk-\u003esk_state, TCP_ESTABLISHED)\nsock_map_sk_state_allowed(sk)\n...\nsk_pair = unix_peer(sk)\nsock_hold(sk_pair)\n sock_hold(newsk)\n smp_mb__after_atomic()\n unix_peer(sk) = newsk\n\nBUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000080\nRIP: 0010:unix_stream_bpf_update_proto+0xa0/0x1b0\nCall Trace:\n sock_map_link+0x564/0x8b0\n sock_map_update_common+0x6e/0x340\n sock_map_update_elem_sys+0x17d/0x240\n __sys_bpf+0x26db/0x3250\n __x64_sys_bpf+0x21/0x30\n do_syscall_64+0x6b/0x3a0\n entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e\n\nInitial idea was to move peer assignment _before_ the sk_state update[1],\nbut that involved an additional memory barrier, and changing the hot path\nwas rejected.\nThen a NULL check during proto update in unix_stream_bpf_update_proto() was\nconsidered[2], but the follow-up discussion[3] focused on the root cause,\ni.e. sockmap update taking a wrong lock. Or, more specifically, missing\nunix_state_lock()[4].\nIn the end it was concluded that teaching sockmap about the af_unix locking\nwould be unnecessarily complex[5].\nComplexity aside, since BPF_PROG_TYPE_SCHED_CLS and BPF_PROG_TYPE_SCHED_ACT\nare allowed to update sockmaps, sock_map_update_elem() taking the unix\nlock, as it is currently implemented in unix_state_lock():\nspin_lock(&unix_sk(s)-\u003elock), would be problematic. unix_state_lock() taken\nin a process context, followed by a softirq-context TC BPF program\nattempting to take the same spinlock -- deadlock[6].\nThis way we circled back to the peer check idea[2].\n\n[1]: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/ba5c50aa-1df4-40c2-ab33-a72022c5a32e@rbox.co/\n[2]: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20240610174906.32921-1-kuniyu@amazon.com/\n[3]: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/7603c0e6-cd5b-452b-b710-73b64bd9de26@linux.dev/\n[4]: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/CAAVpQUA+8GL_j63CaKb8hbxoL21izD58yr1NvhOhU=j+35+3og@mail.gmail.com/\n[5]: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/CAAVpQUAHijOMext28Gi10dSLuMzGYh+jK61Ujn+fZ-wvcODR2A@mail.gmail.com/\n[6]: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/dd043c69-4d03-46fe-8325-8f97101435cf@linux.dev/\n\nSummary of scenarios where af_unix/stream connect() may race a sockmap\nupdate:\n\n1. connect() vs. bpf(BPF_MAP_UPDATE_ELEM), i.e. sock_map_update_elem_sys()\n\n Implemented NULL check is sufficient. Once assigned, socket peer won't\n be released until socket fd is released. And that's not an issue because\n sock_map_update_elem_sys() bumps fd refcnf.\n\n2. connect() vs BPF program doing update\n\n Update restricted per verifier.c:may_update_sockmap() to\n\n BPF_PROG_TYPE_TRACING/BPF_TRACE_ITER\n BPF_PROG_TYPE_SOCK_OPS (bpf_sock_map_update() only)\n BPF_PROG_TYPE_SOCKET_FILTER\n BPF_PROG_TYPE_SCHED_CLS\n BPF_PROG_TYPE_SCHED_ACT\n BPF_PROG_TYPE_XDP\n BPF_PROG_TYPE_SK_REUSEPORT\n BPF_PROG_TYPE_FLOW_DISSECTOR\n BPF_PROG_TYPE_SK_LOOKUP\n\n Plus one more race to consider:\n\n CPU0 bpf CPU1 connect\n -------- ------------\n\n WRITE_ONCE(sk-\u003esk_state, TCP_ESTABLISHED)\n sock_map_sk_state_allowed(sk)\n sock_hold(newsk)\n smp_mb__after_atomic()\n \n---truncated---" affected: [{"versions":[{"version":"c63829182c37c2d6d0608976d15fa61ebebe9e6b","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"75b7d3b3f8bd4e59eb3af1b11a43c64c0c2db6f4"},{"version":"c63829182c37c2d6d0608976d15fa61ebebe9e6b","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"a94d3dd78ee8b63e6b8ad629081c952c93ee5a10"},{"version":"c63829182c37c2d6d0608976d15fa61ebebe9e6b","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"4913c94a3adcdbb64c552110c0c243cb1fdbb317"},{"version":"c63829182c37c2d6d0608976d15fa61ebebe9e6b","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"041eb6348d73ee5e15fc8161f1eac5a6e8289ca0"},{"version":"c63829182c37c2d6d0608976d15fa61ebebe9e6b","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"37bfcd164161b47d00b1c3bd20adc816a6977ce0"},{"version":"c63829182c37c2d6d0608976d15fa61ebebe9e6b","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"dca38b7734d2ea00af4818ff3ae836fab33d5d5a"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected"},{"versions":[{"version":"5.15","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"5.15"},{"version":"6.1.175","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.1.*"},{"version":"6.6.141","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.6.*"},{"version":"6.12.91","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.12.*"},{"version":"6.18.33","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.18.*"},{"version":"7.0.10","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"7.0.*"},{"version":"7.1","status":"unaffected","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix","lessThanOrEqual":"*"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected"}] ## Source licences and attribution CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities: https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog (US government work) GitHub Advisory Database: https://github.com/advisories (CC BY 4.0) Have I Been Pwned: https://haveibeenpwned.com/ (CC BY 4.0) CVE Program (CVE records): https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse (CVE Terms of Use) Copyright © 1999-2026, The MITRE Corporation. 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