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bpf: Defer work in bpf_timer_cancel_and_free

Published Jul 29, 2024 · Updated Oct 30, 2026 · Assigned by Linux

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Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

bpf: Defer work in bpf_timer_cancel_and_free

Currently, the same case as previous patch (two timer callbacks trying
to cancel each other) can be invoked through bpf_map_update_elem as
well, or more precisely, freeing map elements containing timers. Since
this relies on hrtimer_cancel as well, it is prone to the same deadlock
situation as the previous patch.

It would be sufficient to use hrtimer_try_to_cancel to fix this problem,
as the timer cannot be enqueued after async_cancel_and_free. Once
async_cancel_and_free has been done, the timer must be reinitialized
before it can be armed again. The callback running in parallel trying to
arm the timer will fail, and freeing bpf_hrtimer without waiting is
sufficient (given kfree_rcu), and bpf_timer_cb will return
HRTIMER_NORESTART, preventing the timer from being rearmed again.

However, there exists a UAF scenario where the callback arms the timer
before entering this function, such that if cancellation fails (due to
timer callback invoking this routine, or the target timer callback
running concurrently). In such a case, if the timer expiration is
significantly far in the future, the RCU grace period expiration
happening before it will free the bpf_hrtimer state and along with it
the struct hrtimer, that is enqueued.

Hence, it is clear cancellation needs to occur after
async_cancel_and_free, and yet it cannot be done inline due to deadlock
issues. We thus modify bpf_timer_cancel_and_free to defer work to the
global workqueue, adding a work_struct alongside rcu_head (both used at
_different_ points of time, so can share space).

Update existing code comments to reflect the new state of affairs.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Linux Linux 5.15 6.1.191

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 linux 6.9.10-1 —
Debian 13 linux 6.9.10-1 —
Debian 12 linux No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Nvidia-BlueField 22.04 LTS linux-bluefield No fix yet —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux 6.8.0-48.48 USN-7089-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-aws 6.8.0-1018.20 USN-7089-3
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-azure 6.8.0-1017.20 USN-7089-2
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-gcp +1 6.8.0-1017.19 USN-7095-1, USN-7089-2
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-gke 6.8.0-1013.17 USN-7089-6
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-gkeop 6.8.0-1002.4 USN-7156-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-ibm 6.8.0-1015.15 USN-7089-2
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-lowlatency 6.8.0-48.48.3 USN-7089-7
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-nvidia-lowlatency 6.8.0-1017.19.1 USN-7095-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-oem-6.8 6.8.0-1016.16 USN-7089-4
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-oracle 6.8.0-1015.16 USN-7089-3
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-raspi 6.8.0-1014.16 USN-7089-5
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-riscv 6.8.0-48.48.1 —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-xilinx 6.8.0-1009.10 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux +49 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-aws-6.8 6.8.0-1018.19~22.04.1 USN-7089-3
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-azure-6.8 6.8.0-1017.20~22.04.1 USN-7090-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gcp-6.8 +1 6.8.0-1017.19~22.04.1 USN-7095-1, USN-7089-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-hwe-6.8 6.8.0-48.48~22.04.1 USN-7089-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-ibm-6.8 +1 6.8.0-1015.15~22.04.1 USN-7089-3
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.8 6.8.0-48.48.3~22.04.1 USN-7089-7
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-riscv-6.8 6.8.0-48.48.1~22.04.2 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gke +27 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-gcp +13 No fix yet —
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ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS linux-hwe-edge No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 24.04 LTS linux-raspi-realtime 6.8.0-2013.14 —
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 24.04 LTS linux-realtime 6.8.1-1011.11 —
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 22.04 LTS linux-realtime +1 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 22.04 LTS linux-realtime-6.8 6.8.1-1011.11~22.04.1 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 24.04 LTS linux-fips 6.8.0-78.78+fips1 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 22.04 LTS linux-fips +3 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-preview 22.04 LTS linux-fips +3 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS linux-aws-5.15 +10 No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES 15 SP6 kernel-64kb +6 6.4.0-150600.23.22.1 SUSE-SU-2024:3383-1
SLES 15 SP6 kernel-azure +2 6.4.0-150600.8.11.1 SUSE-SU-2024:3194-1
SLES 15 SP6 kernel-default-base 6.4.0-150600.23.22.1.150600.12.8.3 SUSE-SU-2024:3383-1
SLES 15 SP5 kernel-64kb +4 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2 SUSE-SU-2024:3483-1
SLES 15 SP5 kernel-azure +2 5.14.21-150500.33.66.1 SUSE-SU-2024:3190-1
SLES 15 SP5 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2.150500.6.35.6 SUSE-SU-2024:3483-1
SLES 15 SP5 kernel-syms +1 5.14.21-150500.55.80.1 SUSE-SU-2024:3483-1
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ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLE Micro 6.0 kernel-default-base 6.4.0-17.1.1.51 SUSE-SU-2025:20044-1
SLE Micro 6.0 kernel-livepatch-MICRO-6-0_Update_2 +1 1-1.1 SUSE-SU-2025:20047-1, SUSE-SU-2025:20044-1
SLE Micro 6.0 kernel-rt +1 6.4.0-10.1 SUSE-SU-2025:20047-1
SLE Micro 6.0 kernel-source +2 6.4.0-19.1 SUSE-SU-2025:20044-1
SLE Micro 5.5 kernel-default 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2 SUSE-SU-2024:3483-1
SLE Micro 5.5 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2.150500.6.35.6 SUSE-SU-2024:3483-1
SLE Micro 5.5 kernel-rt +1 5.14.21-150500.13.67.3 SUSE-SU-2024:3209-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP6 kernel-default 6.4.0-150600.23.22.1 SUSE-SU-2024:3383-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP6 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6-RT_Update_2 1-150600.1.3.2 SUSE-SU-2024:3195-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP6 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6_Update_4 1-150600.13.3.3 SUSE-SU-2024:3383-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP5 kernel-default 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2 SUSE-SU-2024:3483-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP5 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP5_Update_19 +1 1-150500.11.3.2 SUSE-SU-2024:3483-1, SUSE-SU-2024:3209-1
SUSE Real Time Module 15 SP6 kernel-rt +2 6.4.0-150600.10.8.3 SUSE-SU-2024:3195-1
SUSE Real Time Module 15 SP6 kernel-syms-rt 6.4.0-150600.10.8.1 SUSE-SU-2024:3195-1
SUSE Real Time Module 15 SP5 kernel-rt +2 5.14.21-150500.13.67.3 SUSE-SU-2024:3209-1
SUSE Real Time Module 15 SP5 kernel-syms-rt 5.14.21-150500.13.67.1 SUSE-SU-2024:3209-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Leap 15.6 dtb-aarch64 +10 6.4.0-150600.23.22.1 SUSE-SU-2024:3383-1
openSUSE Leap 15.6 kernel-azure +2 6.4.0-150600.8.11.1 SUSE-SU-2024:3194-1
openSUSE Leap 15.6 kernel-default-base 6.4.0-150600.23.22.1.150600.12.8.3 SUSE-SU-2024:3383-1
openSUSE Leap 15.6 kernel-rt +2 6.4.0-150600.10.8.3 SUSE-SU-2024:3195-1
openSUSE Leap 15.6 kernel-syms-rt 6.4.0-150600.10.8.1 SUSE-SU-2024:3195-1
openSUSE Leap 15.5 dtb-aarch64 +3 5.14.21-150500.55.80.1 SUSE-SU-2024:3483-1
openSUSE Leap 15.5 kernel-64kb +6 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2 SUSE-SU-2024:3483-1
openSUSE Leap 15.5 kernel-azure +2 5.14.21-150500.33.66.1 SUSE-SU-2024:3190-1
openSUSE Leap 15.5 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2.150500.6.35.6 SUSE-SU-2024:3483-1
openSUSE Leap 15.5 kernel-rt +2 5.14.21-150500.13.67.3 SUSE-SU-2024:3209-1
openSUSE Leap 15.5 kernel-syms-rt 5.14.21-150500.13.67.1 SUSE-SU-2024:3209-1
Show 1 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Leap Micro 5.5 kernel-default 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2 SUSE-SU-2024:3483-1
openSUSE Leap Micro 5.5 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2.150500.6.35.6 SUSE-SU-2024:3483-1
openSUSE Leap Micro 5.5 kernel-rt 5.14.21-150500.13.67.3 SUSE-SU-2024:3209-1

Azure Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Azure Linux 3 kernel No fix yet —
Azure Linux 2 (CBL-Mariner) kernel No fix yet —

Advisories 19

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