Bug 2536709 (CVE-2026-90306) - CVE-2026-90306 kernel: ARM: 9481/2: breakpoint: CFI breakpoints only on demand
Summary: CVE-2026-90306 kernel: ARM: 9481/2: breakpoint: CFI breakpoints only on demand
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-90306
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Assignee: Product Security
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Reported: 2026-09-17 19:13 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-10-13 14:06 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-09-17 19:13:06 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

ARM: 9481/2: breakpoint: CFI breakpoints only on demand

This removes the stub hw_breakpoint_cfi_handler() from ARM, making
it not steal breakpoint type 0x03 (ARM_ENTRY_CFI_BREAKPOINT) unless
CFI is actively used in the kernel.

When not instrumenting with CFI, or when a breakpoint is issued in
userspace, we fall through to return 1 from hw_breakpoint_pending()
"unhandled fault" so userspace can make use of this breakpoint.

Tested with LKDTM and this command line:
echo CFI_FORWARD_PROTO > /sys/kernel/debug/provoke-crash/DIRECT
still works as expected.


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