CVE-2026-98599: bpf: Reject non-negative offsets in stack_slot_obj_get_spi()

Published Oct 18, 2026
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Updated

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

bpf: Reject non-negative offsets in stackslotobjgetspi()

bpfgetspi() computes (-off - 1) / BPFREGSIZE using C division, which truncates toward zero. For off == 0, this produces spi 0, the same index used by the valid stack slot at fp-8.

stackslotobjgetspi() currently checks alignment and the resulting spi bounds, but does not reject the non-negative offset itself. It can therefore validate a PTRTOSTACK register holding fp+0 against an iterator stored at fp-8 even though the runtime receives the actual fp+0 pointer. An effectful iterator kfunc can then interpret memory outside the BPF stack as iterator state.

Reject non-negative offsets before converting the offset to an spi. All valid stack objects begin at a negative offset from the frame pointer.

Affected Software

1 affected component
Linux Linux kernel

Event History

Oct 18, 2026
CVE Published
via MITRE·03:19 PM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·03:19 PM
Description
Data Sourced
via NVD·04:17 PM
Description

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