CVE-2026-98062 PUBLISHED

bpf: Mark signal tracepoint siginfo arguments as scalar

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 signal tracepoint siginfo arguments as scalar

The signal_generate and signal_deliver tracepoints declare their info argument as a struct kernel_siginfo pointer. btf_ctx_access() therefore treats it as a trusted pointer for tp_btf programs.

Signal delivery also uses SEND_SIG_NOINFO and SEND_SIG_PRIV as special values for this argument. Those values are zero and one respectively, and are not pointers. A tp_btf program can currently dereference either value and fault the kernel. In particular, signal_generate can run from timer interrupt context, turning the fault into a kernel panic.

Record both tracepoints in raw_tp_null_args[] and mark argument one as a non-pointer. This preserves scalar access to the cookie while rejecting direct and helper-mediated pointer use. Merely marking it nullable would not suffice because SEND_SIG_PRIV is nonzero.

Product Status

Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 838a10bd2ebfe11a60dd67687533a7cfc220cc86 to 0e78cb242a57e481061fcb542fed4d51afba25c4 (excl.)
  • affected from 838a10bd2ebfe11a60dd67687533a7cfc220cc86 to d2eaea3599bcce659ce91862254dc91bcbdb6351 (excl.)
  • affected from 838a10bd2ebfe11a60dd67687533a7cfc220cc86 to 77515ab12e4983e6416f8c35039a3f0c0822ac70 (excl.)
  • Version b2fc4b17fc13810ef440fb323fad3981cd174985 is affected
  • affected from 6.12.6 to 6.13 (excl.)
Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: affected
  • Version 6.13 is affected
  • unaffected from 0 to 6.13 (excl.)
  • 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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