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CVE-2026-98062

5.5 medium Published

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.

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Patch, vendor advisory and mitigation references on NVD 3

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Change history 5

  1. StatusUndergoing Analysis → PublishedNVD modified 2026-10-21 12:54
  2. References+1 references (now 4)NVD modified 2026-10-21 13:21
  3. StatusPublished → Undergoing AnalysisNVD modified 2026-10-21 13:21
  4. StatusUndergoing Analysis → PublishedNVD modified 2026-10-19 09:13
  5. First seenCVSS 5.5 · linuxNVD modified 2026-10-19 10:18

Affected (CPE criteria) 8

  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.13:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.13:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.13:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.13:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.13:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.13:rc7:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.3:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*

References 4