CVE-2026-98611
Published Oct 18, 2026
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bpf: Check params size before reading reserved fields bpf_crypto_ctx_create() is a kfunc whose second argument is declared with the __sz annotation, so the verifier only guarantees that params__sz bytes of params are valid. The function nevertheless reads params->reserved[0] and params->reserved[1] (offsets 14 and 15) before comparing params__sz against the size of struct bpf_crypto_params, so a BPF program can pass a shorter buffer and have the kernel read past the region that was validated for it. Move the size check in front of the reserved field reads.
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What is CVE-2026-98611? +
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
bpf: Check params size before reading reserved fields
bpf_crypto_ctx_create() is a kfunc whose second argument is declared
with the __sz annotation, so the verifier only guarantees that
params__sz bytes of params are valid. The function nevertheless reads
params->reserved[0] and params->reserved[1] (offsets 14 and 15) before
comparing params__sz against the size of struct bpf_crypto_params, so a
BPF program can pass a shorter buffer and have the kernel read past the
region that was validated for it.
Move the size check in front of the reserved field reads.
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