CVE-2025-38154

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's BPF (Berkeley Packet Filter) sockmap subsystem. A race condition exists where the sk_socket is not properly locked or referenced during the skb_send_sock() function call, allowing for a use-after-free vulnerability. This can be exploited by a local attacker, leading to a system crash (Denial of Service) and potentially enabling information disclosure or privilege escalation.

The default Red Hat Enterprise Linux kernel prevents unprivileged users from being able to use eBPF by the kernel.unprivileged_bpf_disabled sysctl. This would require a privileged user with CAP_SYS_ADMIN or root to be able to abuse this flaw reducing its attack space.

For the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 to confirm the current state, inspect the sysctl with the command:

cat /proc/sys/kernel/unprivileged_bpf_disabled

The setting of 1 would mean that unprivileged users can not use eBPF, mitigating the flaw.

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