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CVE-2026-98132
Linux Linux — bpf: don't downgrade half-dead scalar zero spills to STACK_ZERO
AV AC PR UI S C I A CVSS EPSS %ile KEV
L L L N U N N H 5.5 .0011 1.1 —
AFFECTED
Product Versions Fixed
Linux be23266b4a08540aa43d8503a2ea10247c8daebe – —
Linux 7.1 – 7.2.7
TIMELINE
Sep 25 Reserved by Linux
Sep 25 Published (CNA: Linux)
Oct 8 ENRICHED — CVE-2026-98132 (Linux). Received CVSS 5.5 and CPE data from NVD.
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
bpf: don't downgrade half-dead scalar zero spills to STACK_ZERO
states.c:__clean_func_state() can downgrade scalar zero spill to
STACK_ZERO in the following case:
*(u64 *)(r10 - 8) = 0;
... checkpoint ...
r1 = *(u32 *)(r10 - 4);
... no reads from r10-8 ...
Here 4 bytes at r10-8 are dead and verifier changes scalar spill to a
combination: 0000pppp (p stands for poison). Such a change breaks
precision propagation chains. All places that produce STACK_ZERO
should call bpf_mark_chain_precision() for the zero source.
This patch fixes the bug in a simplest way possible:
avoids converting stack spills of zero to STACK_ZERO.
Two smarter approaches are possible:
- do bpf_mark_chain_precision() from __clean_func_state()
- check slot liveness information in check_stack_write_fixed_off()
I investigated both and the changes required are a bit tricky,
hence go with a simple fix for the time being.
Lifecycle
Complete event history — 3 events, chronological
| Date | Event | Detail |
| September 25, 2026 | Reserved | Reserved by Linux |
| September 25, 2026 | Published | Published (CNA: Linux) |
| October 8, 2026 | ENRICHED | ENRICHED — CVE-2026-98132 (Linux). Received CVSS 5.5 and CPE data from NVD. |
Affected
Affected products and packages — 2 rows
| Vendor | Product / Package | Ecosystem | Version introduced | Fixed |
| Linux | Linux | — | be23266b4a08540aa43d8503a2ea10247c8daebe | — |
| Linux | Linux | — | 7.1 | 7.2.7 |
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This is a reference page, not a dated page of record. It assembles the complete lifecycle of CVE-2026-98132 from the CVE Program record, NVD enrichment, the CISA KEV catalog, EPSS, and OSV advisories. The box score's numbers (CVSS, EPSS, KEV status) are current as of Monday, October 19, 2026 UTC and are re-derived as the archive grows; only dated daily editions are immutable pages of record. The authoritative source for this identifier is cve.org.