CVE-2026-98062
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
bpf: Mark signal tracepoint siginfo arguments as scalar
The signal_generate and signal_deliver tracepoints declare their info argument as a struct kernel_siginfo pointer. btf_ctx_access() therefore treats it as a trusted pointer for tp_btf programs.
Signal delivery also uses SEND_SIG_NOINFO and SEND_SIG_PRIV as special values for this argument. Those values are zero and one respectively, and are not pointers. A tp_btf program can currently dereference either value and fault the kernel. In particular, signal_generate can run from timer interrupt context, turning the fault into a kernel panic.
Record both tracepoints in raw_tp_null_args[] and mark argument one as a non-pointer. This preserves scalar access to the cookie while rejecting direct and helper-mediated pointer use. Merely marking it nullable would not suffice because SEND_SIG_PRIV is nonzero.
Affected products
12cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 8 more
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: >=6.12.6,<6.13
- 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
< 6.12.114+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.114
- (no CPE)range: < 7.2.9-1.1
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