Bug 2541275 (CVE-2026-98059) - CVE-2026-98059 kernel: bpf: Mark sched_process_wait argument as nullable
Summary: CVE-2026-98059 kernel: bpf: Mark sched_process_wait argument as nullable
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-98059
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2026-09-25 11:14 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-09-29 00:01 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-09-25 11:14:19 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

bpf: Mark sched_process_wait argument as nullable

do_wait() passes wo->wo_pid to the sched_process_wait tracepoint.
kernel_wait4() leaves wo_pid NULL for wait4(-1), and
kernel_waitid_prepare() does likewise for waitid(P_ALL).

btf_ctx_access() currently types argument 0 as PTR_TO_BTF_ID |
PTR_TRUSTED. Without PTR_MAYBE_NULL, the verifier accepts an unchecked
dereference. Trusted pointer loads have no fault protection, so a wait for
any child can then cause a NULL pointer dereference in JITed BPF code.

Add sched_process_wait to raw_tp_null_args[] with argument 0 marked
nullable. The verifier rejects an unchecked dereference while preserving
access after the program checks the pointer for NULL.


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