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bpf: Propagate error from htab_lock_bucket() to userspace

Type: advisorySources: OSV

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bpf: Propagate error from htab_lock_bucket() to userspace In __htab_map_lookup_and_delete_batch() if htab_lock_bucket() returns -EBUSY, it will go to next bucket. Going to next bucket may not only skip the elements in current bucket silently, but also incur out-of-bound memory access or expose kernel memory to userspace if current bucket_cnt is greater than bucket_size or zero. Fixing it by stopping batch operation and returning -EBUSY when htab_lock_bucket() fails, and the application can retry or skip the busy batch as needed.

Products
Kernel
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
5.15.75, 5.19.17, 6.0.3
CVEs
CVE-2022-50490
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
4 Nov 2026, 02:44 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

bpf: Propagate error from htab_lock_bucket() to userspace

core-osv · Original source

Published 4 Oct 2025, 15:43 UTC

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bpf: Propagate error from htab_lock_bucket() to userspace In __htab_map_lookup_and_delete_batch() if htab_lock_bucket() returns -EBUSY, it will go to next bucket. Going to next bucket may not only skip the elements in current bucket silently, but also incur out-of-bound memory access or expose kernel memory to userspace if current bucket_cnt is greater than bucket_size or zero. Fixing it by stopping batch operation and returning -EBUSY when htab_lock_bucket() fails, and the application can retry or skip the busy batch as needed.

osv:CVE-2022-50490

Kernel

Fixed versions: 5.15.75, 5.19.17, 6.0.3

Complete source record
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