{"id":"CVE-2026-98589","revision":"53f1404b451e4349983185818304bc05","records":[{"revision":"53f1404b451e4349983185818304bc05","observedAt":"2026-10-23T15:48:27.903+00:00","statement":{"source":"cve-program","id":"CVE-2026-98589","aliases":[],"title":"bpf: Reject pkt arguments in mutating subprogs","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nbpf: Reject pkt arguments in mutating subprogs\n\nThe verifier tracks changes in how PTR_TO_PACKET registers'\nbounds are modified across subprog boundaries. PTR_TO_PACKET\nregisters are actually passed as PTR_TO_MEM, which is assumed\nvalid for the entire call. This is not the case with packet memory,\nwhere a pskb_* call may invalidate its memory region.\n\nReject BPF code that passes PTR_TO_PACKET pointers to subprogs that\nmay mutate a packet. We cannot pass the pointer as a true PTR_TO_PACKET\nbecause we would also need to somehow pass the PTR_TO_PACKET_META\nor PTR_TO_PACKET_END to the subprog. Since we cannot avoid representing\nthe pointer in the subprog as PTR_TO_MEM, only permit it if the\nsubprog is guaranteed not to mutate the packet.","state":0,"publishedAt":"2026-10-18T15:19:01.769+00:00","modifiedAt":"2026-10-19T09:22:14.803+00:00","affected":[{"ecosystem":"Vendor product","name":"Linux","ranges":[],"versions":[],"rawVersionEvidence":"{\n                    \"product\": \"Linux\",\n                    \"vendor\": \"Linux\",\n                    \"defaultStatus\": \"unaffected\",\n                    \"repo\": \"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git\",\n                    \"programFiles\": [\n                        \"kernel/bpf/verifier.c\"\n                    ],\n                    \"versions\": [\n                        {\n                            \"version\": \"1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2\",\n                            \"lessThan\": \"0b6b2bb9b90ad1e2d94d18f626258a1dbbdee0ea\",\n                            \"status\": \"affected\",\n                            \"versionType\": \"git\"\n                        },\n                        {\n                            \"version\": \"1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2\",\n                            \"lessThan\": \"a6c1edfbe240e4377038a0e1d233ad81fde9a21b\",\n                            \"status\": \"affected\",\n                            \"versionType\": \"git\"\n                        },\n                        {\n                            \"version\": \"0\",\n                            \"lessThan\": \"7.2.9\",\n                            \"status\": \"affected\",\n                            \"versionType\": \"semver\"\n                        }\n                    ]\n                }"},{"ecosystem":"Vendor product","name":"Linux","ranges":[],"versions":[],"rawVersionEvidence":"{\n                    \"product\": \"Linux\",\n                    \"vendor\": \"Linux\",\n                    \"defaultStatus\": \"affected\",\n                    \"repo\": \"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git\",\n                    \"programFiles\": [\n                        \"kernel/bpf/verifier.c\"\n                    ],\n                    \"versions\": [\n                        {\n                            \"version\": \"7.2.9\",\n                            \"lessThanOrEqual\": \"7.2.*\",\n                            \"status\": \"unaffected\",\n                            \"versionType\": \"semver\"\n                        },\n                        {\n                            \"version\": \"7.3\",\n                            \"lessThanOrEqual\": \"*\",\n                            \"status\": \"unaffected\",\n                            \"versionType\": \"original_commit_for_fix\"\n                        }\n                    ]\n                }"}],"metrics":[],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0b6b2bb9b90ad1e2d94d18f626258a1dbbdee0ea","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a6c1edfbe240e4377038a0e1d233ad81fde9a21b"],"sourceUrl":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-98589","license":"CVE Program Terms of Use","key":"cve-program:CVE-2026-98589","identifiers":["CVE-2026-98589"]},"retained":false,"historicalAffected":[]}],"coverage":[]}