CVE-2026-98062

bpf: Mark signal tracepoint siginfo arguments as scalar

State
Published
Severity
Not scored
Published
Sep 25, 2026
Updated
Oct 21, 2026
Reserved
Sep 25, 2026

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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.

Scores

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Weaknesses

The record names no weakness.

Affected Products

ProductVersions
LinuxLinux
  • b2fc4b17fc13810ef440fb323fad3981cd174985 to before 05757377fa0447163d07c43a119f81abe1eef8dcAffected
  • 838a10bd2ebfe11a60dd67687533a7cfc220cc86 to before 0e78cb242a57e481061fcb542fed4d51afba25c4Affected
  • 838a10bd2ebfe11a60dd67687533a7cfc220cc86 to before d2eaea3599bcce659ce91862254dc91bcbdb6351Affected
  • 838a10bd2ebfe11a60dd67687533a7cfc220cc86 to before 77515ab12e4983e6416f8c35039a3f0c0822ac70Affected
  • 6.12.6 to before 6.12.114Affected
LinuxLinux
  • 6.13Affected
  • before 6.13Not affected
  • 6.12.114 through 6.12.*Not affected
  • 6.18.53 through 6.18.*Not affected
  • 7.2.7 through 7.2.*Not affected
  • 7.3 and laterNot affected

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