CVE-2026-98042 PUBLISHED

bpf: Don't resurrect a scalar id dropped by collect_linked_regs()

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: Don't resurrect a scalar id dropped by collect_linked_regs()

check_cond_jmp_op() copies the compared registers into env->{false,true}_reg{1,2} before collect_linked_regs() runs and copies those snapshots back into both branch states afterwards.

collect_linked_regs() records at most LINKED_REGS_MAX members of a linked registers group in the jump history and calls clear_scalar_id() for every member that does not fit. The compared register is not exempt from that.

As a consequence, sync_linked_regs() might adjust ranges for more registers than bpf_bt_sync_linked_regs() can propagate precision to.

Collect the linked registers before the snapshots are taken instead. This might lead to some unnecessary clear_scalar_id's, but from previous testing situations with many linked registers are extremely rare.

Product Status

Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from ec1d77cb0ee98249142dcd0376d76e7a48ba0b31 to e821ff19b8ef08255ff8d8234774ed814637e9bf (excl.)
  • affected from ec1d77cb0ee98249142dcd0376d76e7a48ba0b31 to 73a98f96811e2cb0f4210b1caa8cb322f92f2a2b (excl.)
Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: affected
  • Version 7.1 is affected
  • unaffected from 0 to 7.1 (excl.)
  • unaffected from 7.2.7 to 7.2.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.3-rc2 to * (incl.)

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