In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
bpf: Preserve pointer spill metadata during half-slot cleanup
__clean_func_state() cleans dead stack slots in 4-byte halves. When the
high half of a STACK_SPILL slot is dead and the low half remains live,
cleanup converts the live low half to STACK_MISC or STACK_ZERO and clears
the saved spilled_ptr metadata.
That conversion is safe only for scalar spills. For a pointer spill, this
metadata clear lets a later 32-bit fill from the still-live half avoid the
normal non-scalar register-fill check and be treated as an ordinary scalar
stack read.
Leave non-scalar spill slots intact in this half-live shape. This is
conservative for pruning and preserves the existing
check_stack_read_fixed_off() rejection path for partial fills from pointer
spills.
bpf: Preserve pointer spill metadata during half-slot cleanup
__clean_func_state() cleans dead stack slots in 4-byte halves. When the
high half of a STACK_SPILL slot is dead and the low half remains live,
cleanup converts the live low half to STACK_MISC or STACK_ZERO and clears
the saved spilled_ptr metadata.
That conversion is safe only for scalar spills. For a pointer spill, this
metadata clear lets a later 32-bit fill from the still-live half avoid the
normal non-scalar register-fill check and be treated as an ordinary scalar
stack read.
Leave non-scalar spill slots intact in this half-live shape. This is
conservative for pruning and preserves the existing
check_stack_read_fixed_off() rejection path for partial fills from pointer
spills.
Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).
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| Linux | Linux | unaffected |
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| Linux | Linux | affected |
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| Description | In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bpf: Preserve pointer spill metadata during half-slot cleanup __clean_func_state() cleans dead stack slots in 4-byte halves. When the high half of a STACK_SPILL slot is dead and the low half remains live, cleanup converts the live low half to STACK_MISC or STACK_ZERO and clears the saved spilled_ptr metadata. That conversion is safe only for scalar spills. For a pointer spill, this metadata clear lets a later 32-bit fill from the still-live half avoid the normal non-scalar register-fill check and be treated as an ordinary scalar stack read. Leave non-scalar spill slots intact in this half-live shape. This is conservative for pruning and preserves the existing check_stack_read_fixed_off() rejection path for partial fills from pointer spills. | |
| Title | bpf: Preserve pointer spill metadata during half-slot cleanup | |
| First Time appeared |
Linux
Linux linux Kernel |
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| CPEs | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
| Vendors & Products |
Linux
Linux linux Kernel |
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Linux
Published:
Updated: 2026-08-15T05:56:43.575Z
Reserved: 2026-08-09T03:40:39.928Z
Link: CVE-2026-72426
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NVD
Status : Received
Published: 2026-08-15T06:22:16.427
Modified: 2026-08-15T06:22:16.427
Link: CVE-2026-72426
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