CVE-2026-98059
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
bpf: Mark sched_process_wait argument as nullable
do_wait() passes wo->wo_pid to the sched_process_wait tracepoint. kernel_wait4() leaves wo_pid NULL for wait4(-1), and kernel_waitid_prepare() does likewise for waitid(P_ALL).
btf_ctx_access() currently types argument 0 as PTR_TO_BTF_ID | PTR_TRUSTED. Without PTR_MAYBE_NULL, the verifier accepts an unchecked dereference. Trusted pointer loads have no fault protection, so a wait for any child can then cause a NULL pointer dereference in JITed BPF code.
Add sched_process_wait to raw_tp_null_args[] with argument 0 marked nullable. The verifier rejects an unchecked dereference while preserving access after the program checks the pointer for NULL.
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11cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 8 more
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: >=6.12.6,<6.12.111
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.13:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.13:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.13:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.13:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.13:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.13:rc7:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.3:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)
- osv-coords2 versions
< 7.2.9-1.1+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: < 7.2.9-1.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.111
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