Service interruption via mismatched BPF freplace attachment
Published Jun 24, 2026 · Updated Jun 24, 2026
Improper BPF attachment in Linux Kernel 6.18 through 6.18.32 and 6.19 through 7.0.9 allows local users to interrupt service. The BPF attachment path in kernel/bpf/syscall.c permits a freplace program with writable kprobe context to target a kprobe program with a different kprobe_write_ctx setting, allowing modification of pt_regs. Exploitation requires local low-privileged access and permission to load and attach the involved BPF programs, and can force a kernel function's first argument to zero.
Summary
What happened
Improper BPF attachment in Linux Kernel 6.18 through 6.18.32 and 6.19 through 7.0.9 allows local users to interrupt service. The BPF attachment path in kernel/bpf/syscall.c permits a freplace program with writable kprobe context to target a kprobe program with a different kprobe_write_ctx setting, allowing modification of pt_regs. Exploitation requires local low-privileged access and permission to load and attach the involved BPF programs, and can force a kernel function's first argument to zero.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-53095
- Published
- Jun 24, 2026
- Updated
- Jun 24, 2026
- Vendor
- The Linux Kernel Organization
- Product
- Linux Kernel
- Classifications
- T1499.004
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
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- Jun 24, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Jun 24, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=6.18
- Affected versionversion=7384893d970ea114952aef54ad7e3d7d2ca82d4f <611fe4b79af72d00d80f2223354284447daafae9
- Affected versionversion=7384893d970ea114952aef54ad7e3d7d2ca82d4f <9836cadbd96c7e0dbb0018fa60e7872dd31ac4f8
- Affected versionversion=7384893d970ea114952aef54ad7e3d7d2ca82d4f <b312cf41b9e43f442613053f6cad39898e1baf96
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