CVEvulnerability
CVE-2026-98062
5.5 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Undergoing Analysis
- Published
- 2026-09-25
- Last modified
- 2026-10-21
- Assigner
- 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 5.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-476
Description
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.
Affected configurations
• linux linux kernel (>= 6.12.6 < 6.13)
• linux linux kernel (>= 6.13.1 < 6.18.53)
• linux linux kernel (>= 6.19 < 7.2.7)
• linux linux kernel 6.13
• linux linux kernel 7.3
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference weakness
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/05757377fa0447163d07c43a119f81abe1eef8dc git.kernel.org
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0e78cb242a57e481061fcb542fed4d51afba25c4 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/77515ab12e4983e6416f8c35039a3f0c0822ac70 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d2eaea3599bcce659ce91862254dc91bcbdb6351 Patch