CVE-2026-72426
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bpf: Preserve pointer spill metadata during half-slot cleanup __clean_func_state() cleans dead stack slots in 4-byte halves. When the high half of a STACK_SPILL slot is dead and the low half remains live, cleanup converts the live low half to STACK_MISC or STACK_ZERO and clears the saved spilled_ptr metadata. That conversion is safe only for scalar spills. For a pointer spill, this metadata clear lets a later 32-bit fill from the still-live half avoid the normal non-scalar register-fill check and be treated as an ordinary scalar stack read. Leave non-scalar spill slots intact in this half-live shape. This is conservative for pruning and preserves the existing check_stack_read_fixed_off() rejection path for partial fills from pointer spills.
How to fix
- Linux Linux0f9278b22cda6fd2525049930157b79b4036b4ef, 3a354149bceacadbcf7d7b4766f5ef26a85892ab or later
Affected products
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Linux Linux | be23266b4a08540aa43d8503a2ea10247c8daebe ≤ v < 0f9278b22cda6fd2525049930157b79b4036b4ef, be23266b4a08540aa43d8503a2ea10247c8daebe ≤ v < 3a354149bceacadbcf7d7b4766f5ef26a85892ab, 7.1 | 0f9278b22cda6fd2525049930157b79b4036b4ef, 3a354149bceacadbcf7d7b4766f5ef26a85892ab |
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