Answer in brief
CVE-2025-38502 records a Unknown severity vulnerability in bpf: Fix oob access in cgroup local storage. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. The current feed maps Linux/Linux (generic), Linux/Linux (generic), Siemens/SIMATIC CN 4100 (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
Analysis pending evidence review
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A CVSS score is not reported in the current record. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. Treat this as a source-backed prioritization signal, not a statement about your environment.
Analysis status
Analysis pending evidence review
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The current feed maps Linux/Linux (generic), Linux/Linux (generic), Siemens/SIMATIC CN 4100 (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
| Package | Affected range | Fixed version |
|---|---|---|
| Linux/Linuxgeneric | >=7d9c3427894fe70d1347b4820476bf37736d2ff0 <c1c74584b9b4043c52e41fec415226e582d266a3 || >=7d9c3427894fe70d1347b4820476bf37736d2ff0 <66da7cee78590259b400e51a70622ccd41da7bb2 || >=7d9c3427894fe70d1347b4820476bf37736d2ff0 <7acfa07c585e3d7a64654d38f0a5c762877d0b9b || >=7d9c3427894fe70d1347b4820476bf37736d2ff0 <41688d1fc5d163a6c2c0e95c0419e2cb31a44648 || >=7d9c3427894fe70d1347b4820476bf37736d2ff0 <19341d5c59e8c7e8528e40f8663e99d67810473c || >=7d9c3427894fe70d1347b4820476bf37736d2ff0 <abad3d0bad72a52137e0c350c59542d75ae4f513 | c1c74584b9b4043c52e41fec415226e582d266a3, 66da7cee78590259b400e51a70622ccd41da7bb2, 7acfa07c585e3d7a64654d38f0a5c762877d0b9b, 41688d1fc5d163a6c2c0e95c0419e2cb31a44648, 19341d5c59e8c7e8528e40f8663e99d67810473c, abad3d0bad72a52137e0c350c59542d75ae4f513 |
| Linux/Linuxgeneric | 5.9 | Not reported |
| Siemens/SIMATIC CN 4100generic | >=0 <V5.0 | V5.0 |
Published upstream
Aug 16, 2025
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordSource modified
Aug 5, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordFirst seen by HOL
Aug 5, 2026
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bpf: Fix oob access in cgroup local storage Lonial reported that an out-of-bounds access in cgroup local storage can be crafted via tail calls. Given two programs each utilizing a cgroup local storage with a different value size, and one program doing a tail call into the other. The verifier will validate each of the indivial programs just fine. However, in the runtime context the bpf_cg_run_ctx holds an bpf_prog_array_item which contains the BPF program as well as any cgroup local storage flavor the program uses. Helpers such as bpf_get_local_storage() pick this up from the runtime context: ctx = container_of(current->bpf_ctx, struct bpf_cg_run_ctx, run_ctx); storage = ctx->prog_item->cgroup_storage[stype]; if (stype == BPF_CGROUP_STORAGE_SHARED) ptr = &READ_ONCE(storage->buf)->data[0]; else ptr = this_cpu_ptr(storage->percpu_buf); For the second program which was called from the originally attached one, this means bpf_get_local_storage() will pick up the former program's map, not its own. With mismatching sizes, this can result in an unintended out-of-bounds access. To fix this issue, we need to extend bpf_map_owner with an array of storage_cookie[] to match on i) the exact maps from the original program if the second program was using bpf_get_local_storage(), or ii) allow the tail call combination if the second program was not using any of the cgroup local storage maps.
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