CVE-2026-98590

bpf: Fix bpf_sock context code generation

State
Published
Severity
Not scored
Published
Oct 18, 2026
Updated
Oct 19, 2026
Reserved
Sep 25, 2026

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Description

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

bpf: Fix bpf_sock context code generation

Currently, the ctx access code reads the rx_queue_mapping field with either a 4-byte or 2-byte load. The rest of the bits in the register are marked known zero by the verifier. However, the emitted ctx access code places in the register on certain the special value (-1) using BPF_MOV_IMM64, which gets sign-extended to turn on all the bits in the register. By shifting this value right, the program ends up with a value at runtime above what the verifier assumes is possible.

Fix this by ensuring the read value is as wide as the assumed size. Use MOV32 instructions instead of MOV64 instructions to keep the upper bits zero as assumed by the verifier. Also properly report the size of the destination variable (the bpf_sock field, 4 bytes) instead of the source (the socket field, 2 bytes).

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Weaknesses

The record names no weakness.

Affected Products

ProductVersions
LinuxLinux
  • c3c16f2ea6d20159903cf93afbb1155f3d8348d5 to before e3ddcf4aeb342d4de2e5761c7042270d454752deAffected
  • c3c16f2ea6d20159903cf93afbb1155f3d8348d5 to before 4a41d064facc3330e176ecbbf5b0026ed18a5c69Affected
  • c3c16f2ea6d20159903cf93afbb1155f3d8348d5 to before 70288599d1754e157df8326239316dbdf08ea33cAffected
  • c3c16f2ea6d20159903cf93afbb1155f3d8348d5 to before ea4dc96c902ccfa49dd3e4f23c443dab4a74b018Affected
  • c3c16f2ea6d20159903cf93afbb1155f3d8348d5 to before b3f37afc7fd7c52bc2114310aff1eb24c7cd4d73Affected
  • c3c16f2ea6d20159903cf93afbb1155f3d8348d5 to before d95dd5a6c6cd08d5ae466d3aed27b3cf59155a6cAffected
  • c3c16f2ea6d20159903cf93afbb1155f3d8348d5 to before 84ebb991ae985149079ae9ab51b7e3ba25a9ff53Affected
  • c3c16f2ea6d20159903cf93afbb1155f3d8348d5 to before 4a4852376e3a2727ea40e61143d6d7c22bb6dfadAffected
LinuxLinux
  • 5.8Affected
  • before 5.8Not affected
  • 5.10.271 through 5.10.*Not affected
  • 5.15.222 through 5.15.*Not affected
  • 6.1.189 through 6.1.*Not affected
  • 6.6.158 through 6.6.*Not affected
  • 6.12.112 through 6.12.*Not affected
  • 6.18.55 through 6.18.*Not affected
  • 7.2.9 through 7.2.*Not affected
  • 7.3 and laterNot affected

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