CVE-2026-90094

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Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: arm64: process: Fix context switching MTE store-only tag check SCTLR_EL1.TCSO0 is set when user opt-in for MTE store-only tag check mode. However, it is not part of SCTLR_USER_MASK which imply that on context switch we never clear SCTLR_EL1.TCSO0, so we are leaking that setting into another task. Fix that by including SCTLR_EL1_TCSO0_MASK into SCTLR_USER_MASK

Severity

Not scored

CVSS score

Not available

Vulnerability status

Received

Source identifier

416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

Published

2026-09-17 17:17:01.020000

Last modified

2026-10-19 09:18:58.707000

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{
  "id": "CVE-2026-90094",
  "sourceIdentifier": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
  "published": "2026-09-17T17:17:01.020",
  "lastModified": "2026-10-19T09:18:58.707",
  "vulnStatus": "Received",
  "cveTags": [],
  "descriptions": [
    {
      "lang": "en",
      "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\narm64: process: Fix context switching MTE store-only tag check\n\nSCTLR_EL1.TCSO0 is set when user opt-in for MTE store-only tag check\nmode. However, it is not part of SCTLR_USER_MASK which imply that on\ncontext switch we never clear SCTLR_EL1.TCSO0, so we are leaking that\nsetting into another task.\n\nFix that by including SCTLR_EL1_TCSO0_MASK into SCTLR_USER_MASK"
    }
  ],
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