{"id":"CVE-2026-98888","revision":null,"records":[{"revision":"14553b74ec7f4a678a628354996b1f8c","observedAt":"2026-10-23T16:01:20.601+00:00","statement":{"source":"cve-program","id":"CVE-2026-98888","aliases":[],"title":"arm64: kprobes: Allow reentering kprobes while single-stepping","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\narm64: kprobes: Allow reentering kprobes while single-stepping\n\nA kprobe can be hit while another kprobe is in KPROBE_HIT_SS state. This\ncan happen when tracing or perf code runs from the debug exception path\nwhile the first kprobe is preparing or executing its out-of-line\nsingle-step instruction.\n\nCurrently arm64 treats a kprobe hit in KPROBE_HIT_SS as unrecoverable,\nthe same as a hit in KPROBE_REENTER. This is too strict. A hit in\nKPROBE_HIT_SS is still a one-level reentry and can be handled by saving\nthe current kprobe state and setting up single-step for the new probe,\njust like reentry from KPROBE_HIT_ACTIVE or KPROBE_HIT_SSDONE.\n\nThe truly unrecoverable case is hitting another kprobe while already in\nKPROBE_REENTER, because the reentry save area has already been consumed.\n\nMove KPROBE_HIT_SS to the recoverable reentry cases and leave\nKPROBE_REENTER as the unrecoverable nested reentry case.\n\nThis change also requires saving saved_irqflag in struct prev_kprobe.\nWhen a nested kprobe calls kprobes_save_local_irqflag(), it overwrites\nkcb->saved_irqflag with the currently masked DAIF value, losing the\nouter kprobe's original DAIF state. Without this fix, when the outer\nkprobe's single-step finishes, kprobes_restore_local_irqflag() applies\nthe wrong DAIF mask and leaves interrupts permanently disabled.\n\nExtend struct prev_kprobe with a saved_irqflag field and save/restore it\nalongside kp and status. This ensures the outer kprobe's original\ninterrupt state is preserved across reentry.\n\nThis mirrors the x86 fix in commit 6a5022a56ac3\n(\"kprobes/x86: Allow to handle reentered kprobe on single-stepping\").","state":0,"publishedAt":"2026-10-23T11:37:46.984+00:00","modifiedAt":"2026-10-23T11:37:46.984+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                        \"arch/arm64/include/asm/kprobes.h\",\n                        \"arch/arm64/kernel/probes/kprobes.c\"\n                    ],\n                    \"versions\": [\n                        {\n                            \"version\": 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