Kernel memory corruption via shifted BPF stack slot
Published Sep 16, 2026 · Updated Sep 16, 2026
Memory corruption in the Linux 7.0 LoongArch BPF JIT allows attackers to crash the kernel through an arena BPF program. In build_prologue() and __build_epilogue(), the optional arena-register slot shifts the hardcoded tail-call-counter pointer offset, so the JIT loads the counter value and dereferences it as a pointer. The path requires a LoongArch kernel to JIT-compile an arena BPF program that performs a tail call or BPF-to-BPF call; the invalid dereference corrupts kernel memory or panics the system.
Summary
What happened
Memory corruption in the Linux 7.0 LoongArch BPF JIT allows attackers to crash the kernel through an arena BPF program. In build_prologue() and __build_epilogue(), the optional arena-register slot shifts the hardcoded tail-call-counter pointer offset, so the JIT loads the counter value and dereferences it as a pointer. The path requires a LoongArch kernel to JIT-compile an arena BPF program that performs a tail call or BPF-to-BPF call; the invalid dereference corrupts kernel memory or panics the system.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-89905
- Published
- Sep 16, 2026
- Updated
- Sep 16, 2026
- Vendor
- The Linux Kernel Organization
- Product
- Linux
- Classifications
- T1499.004
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- Unavailable
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- Sep 16, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Sep 16, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=7.0
- Affected versionversion=ef54c517a9376b188da06b5e1ed556129c4280be <cd7e356b07a27e91394838cf3fb655862b519294
- Affected versionversion=ef54c517a9376b188da06b5e1ed556129c4280be <f0e4d069cb47cf4f8dc4f6bc104e0671155aa3b9
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