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CVE-2026-72111

bpf: Reset register bounds before narrowing retval range in check_mem_access() PUBLISHED

Description (CNA)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bpf: Reset register bounds before narrowing retval range in check_mem_access() When the BPF verifier processes a context load of an LSM hook return value, it calls __mark_reg_s32_range() to narrow the register to the hook's valid range. However, __mark_reg_s32_range() intersects the new range with the register's existing bounds using max_t()/min_t() rather than replacing them. If the destination register carries stale bounds from a prior instruction (e.g. BPF_MOV64_IMM), the intersection can produce a range narrower than reality. The verifier then believes it knows the register's exact value, while at runtime the actual hook return value is loaded, creating a verifier/runtime mismatch that can be used to bypass BPF memory safety checks. The else branch already calls mark_reg_unknown() to reset register state before any narrowing. Apply the same reset in the is_retval path so stale bounds are cleared before __mark_reg_s32_range() intersects.

Affected (CNA)

Vendor / productVersions
Linux / Linuxaffected 5d99e198be279045e6ecefe220f5c52f8ce9bfd5 before bde92f65042ec14389782dd223f706bf6b59ce5d; affected 5d99e198be279045e6ecefe220f5c52f8ce9bfd5 before 0993dc5fc619c0b25ab1310cb11d65e78351c0fe; affected 5d99e198be279045e6ecefe220f5c52f8ce9bfd5 before 5a55f9aecc08990940e70f0c7048a80850c5a16a; affected 5d99e198be279045e6ecefe220f5c52f8ce9bfd5 before 5e0b273e0a62cc04ec338c7b502797c66c2ed42a; affected 1050727d83e70449991c29dd1cf29fe936a63da3; affected 27ca3e20fe80be85a92b10064dfeb56cb2564b1c; affected 6.10.13 before 6.11; affected 6.11.2 before 6.12
Linux / Linuxaffected 6.12; unaffected 0 before 6.12; unaffected 6.12.103 through 6.12.*; unaffected 6.18.40 through 6.18.*; unaffected 7.1.5 through 7.1.*; unaffected 7.2 through *

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