CVE-2026-45927

bpf: Require frozen map for calculating map hash

published May 27, 2026

CVSS
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EPSS
0%
Percentile
1.2
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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

bpf: Require frozen map for calculating map hash

Currently, bpf_map_get_info_by_fd calculates and caches the hash of the

map regardless of the map's frozen state.

This leads to a TOCTOU bug where userspace can call

BPF_OBJ_GET_INFO_BY_FD to cache the hash and then modify the map

contents before freezing.

Therefore, a trusted loader can be tricked into verifying the stale hash

while loading the modified contents.

Fix this by returning -EPERM if the map is not frozen when the hash is

requested. This ensures the hash is only generated for the final,

immutable state of the map.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00109 · 1.2th percentile
Published
2026-05-27T12:17Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 27 MAY 12:17Z
    bpf: Require frozen map for calculating map hash
    cvelistv5