FKIE_CVE-2026-72428
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-08-15 06:22 - Updated: 2026-08-17 06:19
Severity
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
bpf: Fix stack slot index in nospec checks
check_stack_write_fixed_off() computes the byte slot for a fixed-offset
stack write as -off - 1, and records each written byte in slot_type[] with
(slot - i) % BPF_REG_SIZE.
The Spectre v4 sanitization pre-check uses slot_type[i] instead. For a
4-byte write at fp-8 after the lower half of fp-8 has been zeroed, the
pre-check scans bytes 0..3 and sees STACK_ZERO while the actual write updates
bytes 7..4. That can leave the second half-slot write without nospec_result
even though the bytes being overwritten still require sanitization.
Use the same slot index in the sanitization pre-check that the write path uses
when updating slot_type[].
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version |
|---|
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"programFiles": [
"kernel/bpf/verifier.c"
],
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"vendor": "Linux",
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"versionType": "git"
},
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"status": "affected",
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"lessThan": "5.10.261",
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"versionType": "semver"
},
{
"lessThan": "4.20",
"status": "affected",
"version": "4.19.207",
"versionType": "semver"
},
{
"lessThan": "5.5",
"status": "affected",
"version": "5.4.146",
"versionType": "semver"
},
{
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"version": "5.13.8",
"versionType": "semver"
}
]
},
{
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"product": "Linux",
"programFiles": [
"kernel/bpf/verifier.c"
],
"repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
"vendor": "Linux",
"versions": [
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"status": "affected",
"version": "5.14"
},
{
"lessThan": "5.14",
"status": "unaffected",
"version": "0",
"versionType": "semver"
},
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"status": "unaffected",
"version": "5.10.261",
"versionType": "semver"
},
{
"lessThanOrEqual": "5.15.*",
"status": "unaffected",
"version": "5.15.212",
"versionType": "semver"
},
{
"lessThanOrEqual": "6.1.*",
"status": "unaffected",
"version": "6.1.178",
"versionType": "semver"
},
{
"lessThanOrEqual": "6.6.*",
"status": "unaffected",
"version": "6.6.145",
"versionType": "semver"
},
{
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"status": "unaffected",
"version": "6.12.97",
"versionType": "semver"
},
{
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"status": "unaffected",
"version": "6.18.40",
"versionType": "semver"
},
{
"lessThanOrEqual": "7.1.*",
"status": "unaffected",
"version": "7.1.5",
"versionType": "semver"
},
{
"lessThanOrEqual": "*",
"status": "unaffected",
"version": "7.2",
"versionType": "original_commit_for_fix"
}
]
}
],
"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"
}
],
"cveTags": [],
"descriptions": [
{
"lang": "en",
"value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nbpf: Fix stack slot index in nospec checks\n\ncheck_stack_write_fixed_off() computes the byte slot for a fixed-offset\nstack write as -off - 1, and records each written byte in slot_type[] with\n(slot - i) % BPF_REG_SIZE.\n\nThe Spectre v4 sanitization pre-check uses slot_type[i] instead. For a\n4-byte write at fp-8 after the lower half of fp-8 has been zeroed, the\npre-check scans bytes 0..3 and sees STACK_ZERO while the actual write updates\nbytes 7..4. That can leave the second half-slot write without nospec_result\neven though the bytes being overwritten still require sanitization.\n\nUse the same slot index in the sanitization pre-check that the write path uses\nwhen updating slot_type[]."
}
],
"id": "CVE-2026-72428",
"lastModified": "2026-08-17T06:19:10.130",
"metrics": {},
"published": "2026-08-15T06:22:16.637",
"references": [
{
"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/475405593de2b796224c6297aece44f321195919"
},
{
"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/68b41e68a62299f26cb16af422b5c7d1c69dafd9"
},
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"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a71eb8f730a91271cf47ce291e785b6b7e54622f"
},
{
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"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ca119656baa8f48a56e0c2f3ab63fdd33ca9e307"
},
{
"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d1d53aa30ab3b5ae89161c9cc840b3f7489ad386"
},
{
"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/db8f1dcf5950b91886b9df4270bc816370d292c1"
},
{
"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e62268e695075a481a6c4feeb022c19cf57422a6"
},
{
"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f1471aa76d74e0df3b2a90731ca0208f498c670b"
}
],
"sourceIdentifier": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
"vulnStatus": "Received"
}
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