{ "dataType": "CVE_RECORD", "dataVersion": "5.2", "cveMetadata": { "cveId": "CVE-2026-98888", "assignerOrgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "state": "PUBLISHED", "assignerShortName": "Linux", "dateReserved": "2026-09-25T10:25:14.378Z", "datePublished": "2026-10-23T11:37:46.984Z", "dateUpdated": "2026-10-23T11:37:46.984Z" }, "containers": { "cna": { "providerMetadata": { "orgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "shortName": "Linux", "dateUpdated": "2026-10-23T11:37:46.984Z" }, "descriptions": [ { "lang": "en", "value": "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\")." } ], "affected": [ { "product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "unaffected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": [ "arch/arm64/include/asm/kprobes.h", "arch/arm64/kernel/probes/kprobes.c" ], "versions": [ { "version": "1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2", "lessThan": "bb0fe9121aa0824211aafa33c7d0151fd25ddb75", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2", "lessThan": "f96a0606de6bcc8d937b80e6470fd7a174c17e26", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2", "lessThan": "1f342b3e44c3035a837b53b217d816f7511c0d0a", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2", "lessThan": "c8e84e292ed4cfc199824146da71bb4397b02a1f", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2", "lessThan": "68774caca799e9695db56d426c69acebd041c2ed", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2", "lessThan": "a21bf9cb893126e8d9730995708d0be5eb167652", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2", "lessThan": "23f851ac0078a908bf3422d6467ebc1db5828c46", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "0", "lessThan": "5.10.271", "status": "affected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "0", "lessThan": "5.15.222", "status": "affected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "0", "lessThan": "6.1.189", "status": "affected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "0", "lessThan": "6.6.158", "status": "affected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "0", "lessThan": "6.12.111", "status": "affected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "0", "lessThan": "6.18.53", "status": "affected", "versionType": "semver" } ] }, { "product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "affected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": [ "arch/arm64/include/asm/kprobes.h", "arch/arm64/kernel/probes/kprobes.c" ], "versions": [ { "version": "5.10.271", "lessThanOrEqual": "5.10.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "5.15.222", "lessThanOrEqual": "5.15.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "6.1.189", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.1.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "6.6.158", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.6.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "6.12.111", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.12.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "6.18.53", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.18.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "7.2", "lessThanOrEqual": "*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix" } ] } ], "cpeApplicability": [ { "nodes": [ { "operator": "OR", "negate": false, "cpeMatch": [ { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionEndExcluding": "5.10.271" }, { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionEndExcluding": "5.15.222" }, { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionEndExcluding": "6.1.189" }, { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionEndExcluding": "6.6.158" }, { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionEndExcluding": "6.12.111" }, { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionEndExcluding": "6.18.53" }, { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionEndExcluding": "7.2" } ] } ] } ], "references": [ { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bb0fe9121aa0824211aafa33c7d0151fd25ddb75" }, { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f96a0606de6bcc8d937b80e6470fd7a174c17e26" }, { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1f342b3e44c3035a837b53b217d816f7511c0d0a" }, { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c8e84e292ed4cfc199824146da71bb4397b02a1f" }, { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/68774caca799e9695db56d426c69acebd041c2ed" }, { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a21bf9cb893126e8d9730995708d0be5eb167652" }, { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/23f851ac0078a908bf3422d6467ebc1db5828c46" } ], "title": "arm64: kprobes: Allow reentering kprobes while single-stepping", "x_generator": { "engine": "bippy-1.2.0" } } } }