bpf, arm64: Force 8-byte alignment for JIT buffer to prevent atomic tearing (Linux Linux)
At a glance
- Source
- NVD
- EPSS
- EPSS 0.18 % · percentile 7 ()
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- Updated
- Assigner
- Linux
- NVD status
- Modified
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bpf, arm64: Force 8-byte alignment for JIT buffer to prevent atomic tearing struct bpf_plt contains a u64 target field. Currently, the BPF JIT allocator requests an alignment of 4 bytes (sizeof(u32)) for the JIT buffer. Because the base address of the JIT buffer can be 4-byte aligned (e.g., ending in 0x4 or 0xc), the relative padding logic in build_plt() fails to ensure that target lands on an 8-byte boundary. This leads to two issues: 1. UBSAN reports misaligned-access warnings when dereferencing the structure. 2. More critically, target is updated concurrently via WRITE_ONCE() in bpf_arch_text_poke() while the JIT'd code executes ldr. On arm64, 64-bit loads/stores are only guaranteed to be single-copy atomic if they are 64-bit aligned. A misaligned target risks a torn read, causing the JIT to jump to a corrupted address. Fix this by increasing the allocation alignment requirement to 8 bytes (sizeof(u64)) in bpf_jit_binary_pack_alloc(). This anchors the base of the JIT buffer to an 8-byte boundary, allowing the relative padding math in build_plt() to correctly align the target field.
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fcb9c6275f712860c22c96a472b73d05cabb75cd
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f5a41b61b5faae1965a5a2cb55322fe8f17e3b2d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/80ad264da02cc4aee718e799c2b79f0f834673dc
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/519b1ad91de5bf7a496f2b858e9212db6328e1de
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/66959ed481a474eaae278c7f6860a2a9b188a4d6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ef06fd16d48704eac868441d98d4ef083d8f3d07
Scores
| Version | Score | Vector | Scored by |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 3.1 | HIGH 7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | Linux |
| CVSS 3.1 | HIGH 7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | NVD · 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Secondary) |
European references
- ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2026-15378
- GCVE · GCVE-0-2026-23383
CERT-FR advisories
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-1066 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux d'Ubuntu · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-0954 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux d'Ubuntu · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-0926 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux d'Ubuntu · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-0697 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de SUSE · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-0548 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de Debian · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-0497 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de SUSE · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
Affected configurations (NVD CPE)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 6.0.1 < 6.12.77cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 6.13 < 6.18.17cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 6.19 < 6.19.7cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.0:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.0:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.0:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.0:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.0:rc7:*:*:*:*:*:*
Affected products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
| Linux · Linux | affected b2ad54e1533e91449cb2a371e034942bd7882b58 < fcb9c6275f712860c22c96a472b73d05cabb75cd ; affected b2ad54e1533e91449cb2a371e034942bd7882b58 < f5a41b61b5faae1965a5a2cb55322fe8f17e3b2d ; affected b2ad54e1533e91449cb2a371e034942bd7882b58 < 80ad264da02cc4aee718e799c2b79f0f834673dc ; affected b2ad54e1533e91449cb2a371e034942bd7882b58 < 519b1ad91de5bf7a496f2b858e9212db6328e1de ; affected b2ad54e1533e91449cb2a371e034942bd7882b58 < 66959ed481a474eaae278c7f6860a2a9b188a4d6 ; affected b2ad54e1533e91449cb2a371e034942bd7882b58 < ef06fd16d48704eac868441d98d4ef083d8f3d07 |
| Linux · Linux | affected 6.0 ; unaffected 0 < 6.0 ; unaffected 6.1.191 ≤ 6.1.* ; unaffected 6.6.160 ≤ 6.6.* ; unaffected 6.12.77 ≤ 6.12.* ; unaffected 6.18.17 ≤ 6.18.* |
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5) | CVE Program Terms of Use |
| EPSS (FIRST.org) | FIRST — attribution requested |
| ENISA EUVD | ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged |
| CERT-FR (ANSSI) | Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0 |
| NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds | Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD |