CVE-2026-98019 PUBLISHED

bpf: mark a NULL call argument precise

Assigner: Linux
Reserved: 25.09.2026 Published: 25.09.2026 Updated: 25.09.2026

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

bpf: mark a NULL call argument precise

check_func_arg() allows bpf_register_is_null() for nullable arguments w/o marking the underlying scalar register precise. Hence a checkpoint created on such a path would prune against arbitrary scalar value.

check_helper_call() enforces second parameter of the bpf_get_local_storage() to be zero, w/o marking the underlying scalar register precise. Hence a checkpoint created on such a path would prune against arbitrary scalar value.

Grouping these two into one patch, as they share the same fixes tag.

Product Status

Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from b5dc0163d8fd78e64a7e21f309cf932fda34353e to 69a9ad004ccf5d45e534c7d503f47f643abe64b7 (excl.)
  • affected from b5dc0163d8fd78e64a7e21f309cf932fda34353e to 1a3a10b030c96ea88868ccc060a16827c01eaa5a (excl.)
Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: affected
  • Version 5.3 is affected
  • unaffected from 0 to 5.3 (excl.)
  • unaffected from 7.2.7 to 7.2.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.3-rc2 to * (incl.)

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