CVE-2026-98599
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Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bpf: Reject non-negative offsets in stack_slot_obj_get_spi() bpf_get_spi() computes (-off - 1) / BPF_REG_SIZE using C division, which truncates toward zero. For off == 0, this produces spi 0, the same index used by the valid stack slot at fp-8. stack_slot_obj_get_spi() currently checks alignment and the resulting spi bounds, but does not reject the non-negative offset itself. It can therefore validate a PTR_TO_STACK register holding fp+0 against an iterator stored at fp-8 even though the runtime receives the actual fp+0 pointer. An effectful iterator kfunc can then interpret memory outside the BPF stack as iterator state. Reject non-negative offsets before converting the offset to an spi. All valid stack objects begin at a negative offset from the frame pointer.
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{
"id": "CVE-2026-98599",
"sourceIdentifier": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
"published": "2026-10-18T16:17:12.603",
"lastModified": "2026-10-19T10:19:21.383",
"vulnStatus": "Received",
"cveTags": [],
"descriptions": [
{
"lang": "en",
"value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nbpf: Reject non-negative offsets in stack_slot_obj_get_spi()\n\nbpf_get_spi() computes (-off - 1) / BPF_REG_SIZE using C division,\nwhich truncates toward zero. For off == 0, this produces spi 0, the\nsame index used by the valid stack slot at fp-8.\n\nstack_slot_obj_get_spi() currently checks alignment and the resulting\nspi bounds, but does not reject the non-negative offset itself. It can\ntherefore validate a PTR_TO_STACK register holding fp+0 against an\niterator stored at fp-8 even though the runtime receives the actual fp+0\npointer. An effectful iterator kfunc can then interpret memory outside\nthe BPF stack as iterator state.\n\nReject non-negative offsets before converting the offset to an spi. All\nvalid stack objects begin at a negative offset from the frame pointer."
}
],
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"programFiles": [
"kernel/bpf/verifier.c"
],
"repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
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"references": [
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