CVEvulnerability

CVE-2026-98062

5.5 MEDIUM Published 2026-09-25 Modified 2026-10-21 Official page ↗
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