CVE-2025-68208

bpf: account for current allocated stack depth in widen_imprecise_scalars()

State
Published
Severity
7.8 High
Published
Dec 16, 2025
Updated
Oct 15, 2026
Reserved
Dec 16, 2025

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Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

bpf: account for current allocated stack depth in widen_imprecise_scalars()

The usage pattern for widen_imprecise_scalars() looks as follows:

prev_st = find_prev_entry(env, ...); queued_st = push_stack(...); widen_imprecise_scalars(env, prev_st, queued_st);

Where prev_st is an ancestor of the queued_st in the explored states tree. This ancestor is not guaranteed to have same allocated stack depth as queued_st. E.g. in the following case:

def main(): for i in 1..2: foo(i) // same callsite, differnt param

def foo(i): if i == 1: use 128 bytes of stack iterator based loop

Here, for a second 'foo' call prev_st->allocated_stack is 128, while queued_st->allocated_stack is much smaller. widen_imprecise_scalars() needs to take this into account and avoid accessing bpf_verifier_state->frame[*]->stack out of bounds.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.17.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HLinux

Weaknesses

The record names no weakness.

Affected Products

ProductVersions
LinuxLinux
  • ab470fefce2837e66b771c60858118d50bb5bb10 to before 64b12dca2b0abcb5fc0542887d18b926ea5cf711Affected
  • 2793a8b015f7f1caadb9bce9c63dc659f7522676 to before 9944c7938cd5b3f37b0afec0481c7c015e4f1c58Affected
  • 2793a8b015f7f1caadb9bce9c63dc659f7522676 to before 57e04e2ff56e32f923154f0f7bc476fcb596ffe7Affected
  • 2793a8b015f7f1caadb9bce9c63dc659f7522676 to before b0c8e6d3d866b6a7f73877f71968dbffd27b7785Affected
  • 6.6.15 to before 6.6.117Affected
LinuxLinux
  • 6.7Affected
  • before 6.7Not affected
  • 6.6.117 through 6.6.*Not affected
  • 6.12.59 through 6.12.*Not affected
  • 6.17.9 through 6.17.*Not affected
  • 6.18 and laterNot affected

References

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