<Vulnerability name="CVE-2026-53083">
    <DocumentDistribution xml:lang="en">Copyright © 2012 Red Hat, Inc. All rights reserved.</DocumentDistribution>
    <ThreatSeverity>Low</ThreatSeverity>
    <PublicDate>2026-06-24T00:00:00</PublicDate>
    <Bugzilla id="2492300" url="https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2492300" xml:lang="en:us">
kernel: bpf: Fix RCU stall in bpf_fd_array_map_clear()
    </Bugzilla>
    <CVSS3 status="draft">
        <CVSS3BaseScore>5.5</CVSS3BaseScore>
        <CVSS3ScoringVector>CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H</CVSS3ScoringVector>
    </CVSS3>
    <CWE>CWE-820</CWE>
    <Details xml:lang="en:us" source="Mitre">
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

bpf: Fix RCU stall in bpf_fd_array_map_clear()

Add a missing cond_resched() in bpf_fd_array_map_clear() loop.

For PROG_ARRAY maps with many entries this loop calls
prog_array_map_poke_run() per entry which can be expensive, and
without yielding this can cause RCU stalls under load:

  rcu: Stack dump where RCU GP kthread last ran:
  CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 30932 Comm: kworker/0:2 Not tainted 6.14.0-13195-g967e8def1100 #2 PREEMPT(undef)
  Workqueue: events prog_array_map_clear_deferred
  RIP: 0010:write_comp_data+0x38/0x90 kernel/kcov.c:246
  Call Trace:
   &lt;TASK&gt;
   prog_array_map_poke_run+0x77/0x380 kernel/bpf/arraymap.c:1096
   __fd_array_map_delete_elem+0x197/0x310 kernel/bpf/arraymap.c:925
   bpf_fd_array_map_clear kernel/bpf/arraymap.c:1000 [inline]
   prog_array_map_clear_deferred+0x119/0x1b0 kernel/bpf/arraymap.c:1141
   process_one_work+0x898/0x19d0 kernel/workqueue.c:3238
   process_scheduled_works kernel/workqueue.c:3319 [inline]
   worker_thread+0x770/0x10b0 kernel/workqueue.c:3400
   kthread+0x465/0x880 kernel/kthread.c:464
   ret_from_fork+0x4d/0x80 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:153
   ret_from_fork_asm+0x19/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:245
   &lt;/TASK&gt;
    </Details>
    <Details xml:lang="en:us" source="Red Hat">
A flaw was found in the Linux kernel. A missing `cond_resched()` in the `bpf_fd_array_map_clear()` loop, specifically when handling BPF (Berkeley Packet Filter) `PROG_ARRAY` maps with numerous entries, can lead to an RCU (Read-Copy Update) stall. This can result in a Denial of Service (DoS) under heavy system load, as the kernel fails to yield CPU time, causing system unresponsiveness.
    </Details>
    <PackageState cpe="cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10">
        <ProductName>Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10</ProductName>
        <FixState>Fix deferred</FixState>
        <PackageName>kernel</PackageName>
    </PackageState>
    <PackageState cpe="cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6">
        <ProductName>Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6</ProductName>
        <FixState>Not affected</FixState>
        <PackageName>kernel</PackageName>
    </PackageState>
    <PackageState cpe="cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7">
        <ProductName>Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7</ProductName>
        <FixState>Not affected</FixState>
        <PackageName>kernel</PackageName>
    </PackageState>
    <PackageState cpe="cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7">
        <ProductName>Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7</ProductName>
        <FixState>Not affected</FixState>
        <PackageName>kernel-rt</PackageName>
    </PackageState>
    <PackageState cpe="cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8">
        <ProductName>Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8</ProductName>
        <FixState>Fix deferred</FixState>
        <PackageName>kernel</PackageName>
    </PackageState>
    <PackageState cpe="cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8">
        <ProductName>Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8</ProductName>
        <FixState>Fix deferred</FixState>
        <PackageName>kernel-rt</PackageName>
    </PackageState>
    <PackageState cpe="cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9">
        <ProductName>Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9</ProductName>
        <FixState>Fix deferred</FixState>
        <PackageName>kernel</PackageName>
    </PackageState>
    <PackageState cpe="cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9">
        <ProductName>Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9</ProductName>
        <FixState>Fix deferred</FixState>
        <PackageName>kernel-rt</PackageName>
    </PackageState>
    <References xml:lang="en:us">
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-53083
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-53083
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2026062407-CVE-2026-53083-081f@gregkh/T
    </References>
</Vulnerability>