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libbpf: Reject non-exclusive metadata maps in the signed loader

Type: advisorySources: OSV

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: libbpf: Reject non-exclusive metadata maps in the signed loader The loader verifies map->sha against the metadata hash in its instructions. map->sha is calculated when BPF_OBJ_GET_INFO_BY_FD is called on the frozen map. While the map is frozen, the /signed loader/ must also ensure the map is exclusive, as, without exclusivity (which a hostile host could just omit when loading the loader), another BPF program with map access can mutate the contents afterwards, so the check passes on stale data. With the extra check as part of the signed loader, it now refuses to move on with map->sha validation if the host set it up wrongly.

Products
Kernel
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
6.18.40, 7.1.5
CVEs
CVE-2026-80675
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
4 Nov 2026, 13:23 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

libbpf: Reject non-exclusive metadata maps in the signed loader

core-osv · Original source

Published 28 Aug 2026, 06:49 UTC

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: libbpf: Reject non-exclusive metadata maps in the signed loader The loader verifies map->sha against the metadata hash in its instructions. map->sha is calculated when BPF_OBJ_GET_INFO_BY_FD is called on the frozen map. While the map is frozen, the /signed loader/ must also ensure the map is exclusive, as, without exclusivity (which a hostile host could just omit when loading the loader), another BPF program with map access can mutate the contents afterwards, so the check passes on stale data. With the extra check as part of the signed loader, it now refuses to move on with map->sha validation if the host set it up wrongly.

osv:CVE-2026-80675

Kernel

Fixed versions: 6.18.40, 7.1.5

Complete source record
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