CVE-2026-98150

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A userspace program using raw bpf() syscalls creates\na BPF_MAP_TYPE_PERCPU_ARRAY and performs update and lookup operations\nfor each CPU by setting BPF_F_CPU and the CPU ID in the flags.\n\nWith the old check, CPU 1 is incorrectly accepted while valid CPU 3 is\nrejected with -ERANGE. The CPU 1 update then reaches the per-CPU map\naccess path and triggers:\n\n Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address ...\n pc : __pi_memcpy_generic+0x5c/0x22c\n lr : bpf_percpu_array_update+0x2dc/0x2e8\n Call trace:\n __pi_memcpy_generic\n bpf_map_update_value\n map_update_elem\n __sys_bpf\n\nCheck the CPU ID against nr_cpu_ids and cpu_possible() instead. This\nrejects CPU IDs outside the valid range and CPUs absent from the\npossible mask, while allowing valid sparse CPU IDs."}], "metrics": [{"cvssV3_1": {"version": "3.1", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H", "baseScore": 7, "baseSeverity": "HIGH"}, "scenarios": [{"lang": "en", "value": "AV:L - The out-of-range CPU ID arrives in attr->flags of the local bpf(2) BPF_MAP_UPDATE_ELEM/LOOKUP_ELEM syscall (map_update_elem/map_lookup_elem -> bpf_map_check_op_flags); no network or adjacent protocol carries it.\nAC:H - The check only lets through a CPU ID in a hole of the possible-CPU mask (e.g. 0,2-3 on arm64 device-tree systems). That topology comes from firmware/hardware and the attacker can't create it. It also needs a permissive BPF setup, and where the stray per_cpu_ptr() lands (unmapped init memory vs mapped .data) depends on percpu allocator placement.\nPR:L - BPF_MAP_TYPE_PERCPU_ARRAY/PERCPU_HASH are in map_create()'s unprivileged list when unprivileged_bpf_disabled=0 or with a delegated BPF token, and map_update_elem/map_lookup_elem check only FMODE_CAN_WRITE/READ on the map fd, not a capability.\nUI:N - The attacker creates or opens the per-CPU map and issues the update/lookup with BPF_F_CPU and a hole CPU ID entirely on their own; no other user acts.\nS:U - The bad access corrupts or reads kernel memory within the same kernel security authority; no VM, IOMMU or sandbox boundary is crossed.\nC:H - bpf_percpu_array_copy() copies value_size bytes from per_cpu_ptr(pptr, cpu) for a missing CPU whose __per_cpu_offset is 0, i.e. from a stray kernel address, back to userspace via BPF_MAP_LOOKUP_ELEM, and the attacker can repeat it.\nI:H - bpf_percpu_array_update() does copy_map_value() of attacker-supplied value bytes to per_cpu_ptr(pptr, cpu) for the missing CPU. That is an out-of-bounds write of controlled data to an address outside any valid per-CPU unit, which can land in kernel .data past __init_end.\nA:H - As the fix commit shows, the update faults in __pi_memcpy_generic from bpf_percpu_array_update on unmapped memory (the freed/vunmapped __init region on arm64), causing a kernel oops."}]}], "affected": [{"product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "unaffected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": ["include/linux/bpf.h"], "versions": [{"version": "2b421662c7887a0649fe409155a1f101562d0fa9", "lessThan": "bdc5941f6eeef90b76a07fd8ca38ac1933ba2195", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}, {"version": "2b421662c7887a0649fe409155a1f101562d0fa9", "lessThan": "ed54bf564ac52699cf4def3d0c2125d493e756f9", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}]}, {"product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "affected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": ["include/linux/bpf.h"], "versions": [{"version": "7.0", "status": "affected"}, {"version": "0", "lessThan": "7.0", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver"}, {"version": "7.2.7", "lessThanOrEqual": "7.2.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver"}, {"version": "7.3", "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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "7.0", "versionEndExcluding": "7.2.7"}, {"vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "7.0", "versionEndExcluding": "7.3"}]}]}], "references": [{"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bdc5941f6eeef90b76a07fd8ca38ac1933ba2195"}, {"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ed54bf564ac52699cf4def3d0c2125d493e756f9"}], "title": "bpf: Fix BPF_F_CPU validation for sparse CPU IDs", "x_generator": {"engine": "bippy-1.2.0"}}}}

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{"bugzilla": {"description": "kernel: bpf: Fix BPF_F_CPU validation for sparse CPU IDs", "id": "2541321", "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2541321"}, "csaw": false, "cvss3": {"cvss3_base_score": "5.5", "cvss3_scoring_vector": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H", "status": "draft"}, "cwe": "CWE-787", "details": ["In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\nbpf: Fix BPF_F_CPU validation for sparse CPU IDs\nBPF_F_CPU stores the target CPU ID in the upper 32 bits of the map\noperation flags. bpf_map_check_op_flags() currently compares that ID\nwith num_possible_cpus(), which is the number of possible CPUs rather\nthan a bound on CPU IDs.\nOn an arm64 QEMU guest with a CPU device-tree hole, the possible CPU\nmask was 0,2-3. A userspace program using raw bpf() syscalls creates\na BPF_MAP_TYPE_PERCPU_ARRAY and performs update and lookup operations\nfor each CPU by setting BPF_F_CPU and the CPU ID in the flags.\nWith the old check, CPU 1 is incorrectly accepted while valid CPU 3 is\nrejected with -ERANGE. The CPU 1 update then reaches the per-CPU map\naccess path and triggers:\nUnable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address ...\npc : __pi_memcpy_generic+0x5c/0x22c\nlr : bpf_percpu_array_update+0x2dc/0x2e8\nCall trace:\n__pi_memcpy_generic\nbpf_map_update_value\nmap_update_elem\n__sys_bpf\nCheck the CPU ID against nr_cpu_ids and cpu_possible() instead. This\nrejects CPU IDs outside the valid range and CPUs absent from the\npossible mask, while allowing valid sparse CPU IDs.", "A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's BPF (Berkeley Packet Filter) subsystem. A local user could trigger a Denial of Service (DoS) by providing an invalid processor identifier during per-CPU map operations on systems with non-contiguous CPU configurations. Due to improper validation of CPU flags, the kernel attempts an invalid memory access, leading to a kernel crash."], "name": "CVE-2026-98150", "package_state": [{"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "kernel", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "kernel", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "kernel", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "kernel-rt", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "kernel", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "kernel-rt", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "kernel", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "kernel-rt", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/a:redhat:openshift:4", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-8", "product_name": "Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/a:redhat:openshift:4", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-9", "product_name": "Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4"}], "public_date": "2026-09-25T00:00:00Z", "references": ["https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-98150\nhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-98150\nhttps://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/security/vulns.git/plain/cve/published/2026/CVE-2026-98150.mbox"], "threat_severity": "Moderate"}

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