High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Sep 17, 2026· Updated Oct 21, 2026
CVE-2026-90177
CVE-2026-90177
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
bpf: Check pointer type for all atomic RMW paths
Atomic RMW verification records an instruction pointer type only when the current destination is PTR_TO_ARENA. A second path can therefore reach the same instruction with an ordinary pointer without comparing it against the saved arena type.
The post-verification fixup uses the saved type to rewrite the instruction to BPF_PROBE_ATOMIC for every path. Record the actual destination type for all atomic RMW paths so the existing mismatch check rejects incompatible uses of one instruction.
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Affected products
3- osv-coords2 versions
>= 6.10.0, < 6.12.114+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: >= 6.10.0, < 6.12.114
- (no CPE)range: < 7.2.7-1.1
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