# CVE-2024-56675: bpf: Fix UAF via mismatching bpf\_prog/attachment RCU flavors

- Severity: CVSS 7.8 (High), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2024-12-27 · Updated: 2026-05-11

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 6.0

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bpf: Fix UAF via mismatching bpf_prog/attachment RCU flavors Uprobes always use bpf_prog_run_array_uprobe() under tasks-trace-RCU protection. But it is possible to attach a non-sleepable BPF program to a uprobe, and non-sleepable BPF programs are freed via normal RCU (see __bpf_prog_put_noref()). This leads to UAF of the bpf_prog because a normal RCU grace period does not imply a tasks-trace-RCU grace period. Fix it by explicitly waiting for a tasks-trace-RCU grace period after removing the attachment of a bpf_prog to a perf_event.

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9245459a992d22fe0e92e988f49db1fec82c184a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f9f85df30118f3f4112761e6682fc60ebcce23e5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9b53d2c2a38a1effc341d99be3f99fa7ef17047d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ef1b808e3b7c98612feceedf985c2fbbeb28f956

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