# CVE-2026-43010: bpf: Reject sleepable kprobe\_multi programs at attach time

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 6.6.144, 6.12.95, 6.18.22, 6.19.12
- Published: 2026-05-01 · Updated: 2026-10-30

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 5.18
- Kernel (Linux): from 5.18.0, fixed in 6.6.144; from 6.7.0, fixed in 6.12.95; from 6.13.0, fixed in 6.18.22; from 6.19.0, fixed in 6.19.12

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bpf: Reject sleepable kprobe_multi programs at attach time kprobe.multi programs run in atomic/RCU context and cannot sleep. However, bpf_kprobe_multi_link_attach() did not validate whether the program being attached had the sleepable flag set, allowing sleepable helpers such as bpf_copy_from_user() to be invoked from a non-sleepable context. This causes a "sleeping function called from invalid context" splat: BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context at ./include/linux/uaccess.h:169 in_atomic(): 1, irqs_disabled(): 0, non_block: 0, pid: 1787, name: sudo preempt_count: 1, expected: 0 RCU nest depth: 2, expected: 0 Fix this by rejecting sleepable programs early in bpf_kprobe_multi_link_attach(), before any further processing.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Linux kernel, upgrade to a fixed version (6.6.144, 6.12.95, 6.18.22, 6.19.12) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c2b5e13dee9cc83e664daf4c13077dcc618a44e9
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/89327ed787746a7aa4db3c97f91d2e294228932b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d97b19fe5265f7901b2c862f88a4eb1b129a0b61
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dc9a060d76c12b23c5f378ee115d5e5d03d8bbf3
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f952157e695fd434bdc05af63a703bb082a78717
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/eb7024bfcc5f68ed11ed9dd4891a3073c15f04a8

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