CVE-2026-98034 (GCVE-0-2026-98034)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-09-25 10:23 – Updated: 2026-10-21 12:54
VLAI
Title
bpf: Mark NULL kptr stores precise
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bpf: Mark NULL kptr stores precise check_map_kptr_access() permits a scalar store into an untrusted kptr field only when the register is known to contain zero. Unlike other verifier checks whose outcome depends on a scalar value, it does not mark that register precise. A state checkpoint reached with an imprecise zero can therefore prune a second path that reaches the store with an arbitrary nonzero scalar. The program can write attacker-controlled bits into the kptr field and load them back as a PTR_TO_BTF_ID. Call mark_chain_precision() before accepting a known-zero register. This forces state equivalence to compare its scalar range and makes the verifier visit and reject a path carrying a nonzero value.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
Assigner
Linux CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard D 53/100 over 6641 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Linux Linux Affected: 61df10c7799e27807ad5e459eec9d77cddf8bf45 , < 86a3171c90bfc35a54e9d83cd197ca0d72d2f4e4 (git)
Affected: 61df10c7799e27807ad5e459eec9d77cddf8bf45 , < b8b98d3d37908402ff63515fa4d7574235436ea8 (git)
Affected: 61df10c7799e27807ad5e459eec9d77cddf8bf45 , < bb667eb575c906f24c707986541a99424c5b07ea (git)
Affected: 61df10c7799e27807ad5e459eec9d77cddf8bf45 , < 86168208737bdd267d92d855d453d1d2f840df19 (git)
Affected: 61df10c7799e27807ad5e459eec9d77cddf8bf45 , < ecdc5043794c9184aa8e6c814603899479c46b35 (git)
Affected: b5a8069835e5236824a84281592d29f859b33153 (git)
Affected: 5.18.18 , < 5.19 (semver)
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Linux Linux Affected: 5.19
Unaffected: 0 , < 5.19 (semver)
Unaffected: 6.6.160 , ≤ 6.6.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.12.114 , ≤ 6.12.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.18.57 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver)
Unaffected: 7.2.7 , ≤ 7.2.* (semver)
Unaffected: 7.3 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)
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