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Medium [CVE-2026-63865] Drop task_to_inode and inet_conn_established from lsm sleepable hooks

This medium-severity Red Hat Linux advisory covers CVE-2026-63865.

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CVE-2026-63865
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Red Hat LinuxUnclassified
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Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bpf: Drop task_to_inode and inet_conn_established from lsm sleepable hooks bpf_lsm_task_to_inode() is called under rcu_read_lock() and bpf_lsm_inet_conn_established() is called from softirq context, so neither hook can be used by sleepable LSM programs.

The Berkeley Packet Filter (BPF) Linux Security Modules (LSM) feature incorrectly registered certain hooks, `task_to_inode` and `inet_conn_established`, as available for sleepable programs. These hooks are invoked in critical system contexts where program sleeping is not allowed.

An attacker could potentially exploit this by loading a malicious BPF LSM program, leading to system instability or a kernel crash. Red Hat severity: Moderate — CVSS 5.5 (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H).

Weakness: CWE-663. Red Hat lists Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10; Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6; Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7; Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8; Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 as not affected.

Affected versions

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Fixed versions

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Mitigation

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