Bug 2554967 (CVE-2026-98540) - CVE-2026-98540 kernel: fprobe: Terminate the fgraph_data list when the reservation is not filled
Summary: CVE-2026-98540 kernel: fprobe: Terminate the fgraph_data list when the reserv...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-98540
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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medium
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Reported: 2026-10-18 15:36 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-10-19 22:33 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-10-18 15:36:20 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

fprobe: Terminate the fgraph_data list when the reservation is not filled

fprobe_fgraph_entry() reserves shadow stack space for every fprobe with
an exit handler, but only fills it for those whose entry handler returns
0. fgraph_reserve_data() does not clear the area, so fprobe_return()
parses the unused tail as headers left over from an earlier call, and an
exit handler can run twice or despite its entry handler asking to skip
it.

Write a zero word after the last entry to terminate the walk. A zeroed
slot does not decode to a NULL fprobe on the arches that encode the
header into one unsigned long, since arch_decode_fprobe_header_fp() ORs
in FPROBE_HEADER_MSB_PATTERN, so make read_fprobe_header() return NULL
for a zeroed slot.


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