CVE-2025-68208

Linux Kernel - Use-After-Free in BPF Verifier Stack Depth Accounting

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bpf: account for current allocated stack depth in widen_imprecise_scalars() The usage pattern for widen_imprecise_scalars() looks as follows: prev_st = find_prev_entry(env, ...); queued_st = push_stack(...); widen_imprecise_scalars(env, prev_st, queued_st); Where prev_st is an ancestor of the queued_st in the explored states tree. This ancestor is not guaranteed to have same allocated stack depth as queued_st. E.g. in the following case: def main(): for i in 1..2: foo(i) // same callsite, differnt param def foo(i): if i == 1: use 128 bytes of stack iterator based loop Here, for a second 'foo' call prev_st->allocated_stack is 128, while queued_st->allocated_stack is much smaller. widen_imprecise_scalars() needs to take this into account and avoid accessing bpf_verifier_state->frame[*]->stack out of bounds.

Scores

EPSS 0.0003
EPSS Percentile 8.4%

Details

Status published
Products (13)
linux/Kernel < 6.6.117linux
linux/Kernel 6.7.0 - 6.17.9linux
Linux/Linux < 6.7
Linux/Linux 2793a8b015f7f1caadb9bce9c63dc659f7522676 - 57e04e2ff56e32f923154f0f7bc476fcb596ffe7
Linux/Linux 2793a8b015f7f1caadb9bce9c63dc659f7522676 - 9944c7938cd5b3f37b0afec0481c7c015e4f1c58
Linux/Linux 2793a8b015f7f1caadb9bce9c63dc659f7522676 - b0c8e6d3d866b6a7f73877f71968dbffd27b7785
Linux/Linux 6.12.59 - 6.12.*
Linux/Linux 6.17.9 - 6.17.*
Linux/Linux 6.18
Linux/Linux 6.6.117 - 6.6.*
... and 3 more
Published Dec 16, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026