CVE-2026-74257
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
sockmap: Fix use-after-free in udp_bpf_recvmsg()
syzbot reported use-after-free of struct sk_msg in sk_msg_recvmsg(). [0]
sk_msg_recvmsg() peeks sk_msg from psock->ingress_msg under a lock,
but its processing is lockless.
Thus, sk_msg_recvmsg() must be serialised by callers, otherwise
multiple threads could touch the same sk_msg.
For example, TCP uses lock_sock(), and AF_UNIX uses unix_sk(sk)->iolock.
Initially, udp_bpf_recvmsg() had used lock_sock(), but the cited
commit removed it.
Let's serialise sk_msg_recvmsg() with lock_sock() in udp_bpf_recvmsg().
Note that holding spin_lock_bh(&sk->sk_receive_queue.lock) is not
an option due to copy_page_to_iter() in sk_msg_recvmsg().
[0]:
BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in sk_msg_recvmsg+0xb54/0xc30 net/core/skmsg.c:428
Read of size 4 at addr ffff88814cdcf000 by task syz.0.24/6020
CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 6020 Comm: syz.0.24 Not tainted syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(full)
Hardware name: Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 01/13/2026
Call Trace:
<TASK>
dump_stack_lvl+0xe8/0x150 lib/dump_stack.c:120
print_address_description mm/kasan/report.c:378 [inline]
print_report+0xba/0x230 mm/kasan/report.c:482
kasan_report+0x117/0x150 mm/kasan/report.c:595
sk_msg_recvmsg+0xb54/0xc30 net/core/skmsg.c:428
udp_bpf_recvmsg+0x4bd/0xe00 net/ipv4/udp_bpf.c:84
inet_recvmsg+0x260/0x270 net/ipv4/af_inet.c:891
sock_recvmsg_nosec net/socket.c:1078 [inline]
sock_recvmsg+0x1a8/0x270 net/socket.c:1100
____sys_recvmsg+0x1e6/0x4a0 net/socket.c:2812
___sys_recvmsg+0x215/0x590 net/socket.c:2854
do_recvmmsg+0x334/0x800 net/socket.c:2949
__sys_recvmmsg net/socket.c:3023 [inline]
__do_sys_recvmmsg net/socket.c:3046 [inline]
__se_sys_recvmmsg net/socket.c:3039 [inline]
__x64_sys_recvmmsg+0x198/0x250 net/socket.c:3039
do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
do_syscall_64+0xe2/0xf80 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe
CSIRTS triage
- What
- Use-after-free vulnerability in sockmap UDP BPF hook recvmsg function.
- Who is affected
- Linux systems with BPF sockmap UDP functionality enabled are affected.
- Urgency
- High; use-after-free can lead to code execution and CVSS 7 rating indicates significant risk.
- Action
- Apply kernel patch CVE-2026-74257 or disable BPF sockmap UDP hooks until patched.
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Exploitation outlook
- Low exploitation risk0.12% 30-day exploitation probability — currently an unlikely target, but scores change as exploit code circulates. Riskier than 3% of all EPSS-scored CVEs.
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