CVE-2026-98039 PUBLISHED

bpf: Require MEM_PERCPU for percpu kptr stores

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: Require MEM_PERCPU for percpu kptr stores

map_kptr_match_type() treats perm_flags as the set of register type flags that a kptr field permits. Adding MEM_PERCPU to that set for BPF_KPTR_PERCPU does not require the source register to carry it, however. The subset test consequently accepts both a plain bpf_obj_new() allocation and a referenced kernel pointer into a __percpu_kptr map field.

Loads from the field are always marked MEM_PERCPU. Consumers then treat the stored value as the cookie returned by bpf_percpu_obj_new(): per-CPU pointer helpers relocate it, and map teardown selects the per-CPU free path. A plain allocation can therefore provide an arbitrary kernel read/write, while a kernel pointer can be relocated into an invalid address or sent through a missing destructor.

Require the source MEM_PERCPU flag to match the destination field kind. This preserves valid bpf_percpu_obj_new() stores and rejects both the program-BTF and kernel-BTF variants.

Product Status

Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 36d8bdf75a93190e5669b9d1d95994e13e15ba1d to aaa9cf7707d1c5c0d2ca9d40c8b71652ac1c3c3f (excl.)
  • affected from 36d8bdf75a93190e5669b9d1d95994e13e15ba1d to 0bdd6121c8dd5f1764efe701ce26bb8e15acb172 (excl.)
  • affected from 36d8bdf75a93190e5669b9d1d95994e13e15ba1d to ad4ebae5dbc2d47b544aa54f03c12490065be08a (excl.)
  • affected from 36d8bdf75a93190e5669b9d1d95994e13e15ba1d to 048029ba1c793f8cabc4ad5eea765da01903f8f1 (excl.)
Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: affected
  • Version 6.7 is affected
  • unaffected from 0 to 6.7 (excl.)
  • unaffected from 6.12.111 to 6.12.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.18.53 to 6.18.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.2.7 to 7.2.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.3-rc2 to * (incl.)

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