CVE-2026-92520

bpf: Zero queue and stack outputs on lock failure

N/A
Published: September 17, 2026 at 04:10 PM UTC
Updated: October 21, 2026 at 01:20 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bpf: Zero queue and stack outputs on lock failure Queue and stack pop/peek helpers accept an uninitialized output buffer because the verifier expects the helper to initialize it. The empty-map error path clears the buffer, but a failed lock acquisition returns -EBUSY without writing it. Clear the output before returning -EBUSY so BPF programs cannot observe uninitialized stack contents after a failed helper call.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

232f0ba4d69263af5912e279fcc32fef2882b1dc388c9d3eefaea99828ee5000c693128a5b41ee7c40e34ea01748e5b8afdd40a172868be1e1ab0ede5.10.1985.15.1345.4.2586.1.566.5.66.6a34a9f1a19afe9c60ca0ea61dfeee63a1c2baac8acabf5df49aa3a4f9c96200102d893351b511a88e388671635acf470f0986d874389148fd234620b
Vendor states this is fixed in 1534c4bff3aaca19c4c9a82f93e9b81f7c983de3 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7ac6e1ae41a09f1dd4baeeff1d028ae49ee01232 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in e2396b8a562073787e627a5f483f1bc5c452fa6a (fixed)
Affected range stops below 5.11, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 5.16, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 5.5, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.12.114 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.18.52 (unaffected)
Affected range stops below 6.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.6 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.6.160 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.2.6 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.3 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.3-rc1 (unaffected)

Remediation

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