Bug 2541100 (CVE-2026-98085) - CVE-2026-98085 kernel: bpf: backtrack_insn(): Handle ld_{abs,ind} subprog exit edge
Summary: CVE-2026-98085 kernel: bpf: backtrack_insn(): Handle ld_{abs,ind} subprog exi...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-98085
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2026-09-25 10:48 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-10-21 12:31 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-09-25 10:48:47 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

bpf: backtrack_insn(): Handle ld_{abs,ind} subprog exit edge

Nicholas Carlini reported a bug in precision backtracking mechanism
for BPF_LD | BPF_{IND,ABS} instructions. These instructions are
modelled as two branches:
- fallthrough;
- implicit exit from current subprogram.

The implicit exit case was not handled by the backtrack_insn()
function. When backtracking such a path backtrack_insn() did not
call bt_subprog_enter(), which meant that backtracking continued
manipulating precision marks in a caller frame, while looking at
instructions in a callee frame.

This lead to segmentation faults during verification (see the
selftest), or unsound state pruning.


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