CVE-2026-90195 PUBLISHED

riscv, bpf: Fix missing sign-ext for signed 1-byte and 2-byte kfunc args

Assigner: Linux
Reserved: 11.09.2026 Published: 17.09.2026 Updated: 17.09.2026

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

riscv, bpf: Fix missing sign-ext for signed 1-byte and 2-byte kfunc args

On RV64, the ABI requires sign-extension for signed 1-byte and 2-byte kfunc args. However, the RV64 JIT currently does not perform sign-extension for such kfunc args.

Before commit 7ce090afbf72 ("bpf: Infer zext_dst based on static register liveness analysis"), state pruning could potentially omit zero-extension of 32-bit subregisters, which inadvertently masked the above issue by making the args appear as if they had been properly sign-extended. After that commit, the problem is exposed, causing the kfunc_call/kfunc_call_test4 selftest to fail.

Fix this by extending the existing sign-extension logic to handle signed 1-byte and 2-byte kfunc args as well.

Product Status

Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 443574b033876c85a35de4c65c14f7fe092222b2 to 555fc6f1caf00ce7005e732b688da26c0dc3c5c5 (excl.)
  • affected from 443574b033876c85a35de4c65c14f7fe092222b2 to 801ae90f8ce099187e6224cec7d72d07a4df0324 (excl.)
  • affected from 443574b033876c85a35de4c65c14f7fe092222b2 to 71dbd143be598954ae103feadd12692aeb0f2f88 (excl.)
  • affected from 443574b033876c85a35de4c65c14f7fe092222b2 to f2aaa621591093cfe8224a25ef2f04a3b1e304b0 (excl.)
Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: affected
  • Version 6.9 is affected
  • unaffected from 0 to 6.9 (excl.)
  • unaffected from 6.12.110 to 6.12.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.18.52 to 6.18.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.2.6 to 7.2.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.3-rc1 to * (incl.)

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