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CVE-2026-43070

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CVE-2026-43070

Published: May 5, 2026

Modified: May 11, 2026

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.1

7.8

HIGH

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bpf: Reset register ID for BPF_END value tracking When a register undergoes a BPF_END (byte swap) operation, its scalar value is mutated in-place. If this register previously shared a scalar ID with another register (e.g., after an `r1 = r0` assignment), this tie must be broken. Currently, the verifier misses resetting `dst_reg->id` to 0 for BPF_END. Consequently, if a conditional jump checks the swapped register, the verifier incorrectly propagates the learned bounds to the linked register, leading to false confidence in the linked register's value and potentially allowing out-of-bounds memory accesses. Fix this by explicitly resetting `dst_reg->id` to 0 in the BPF_END case to break the scalar tie, similar to how BPF_NEG handles it via `__mark_reg_known`.

VendorProductVersions

Linux

Linux

affected
4c03342e5ac532fb34d13a7b51dd7261dfc48963 - < a17443af874229408ce6b78e2c8a2b5adeb4b7d8
affected
d00ce96623a69a100ad79675d0e85fda3c50d89b - < 0d15c3611a2cc5d08993545d4032055ae10ae2c1
affected
9d21199842247ab05c675fb9b6c6ca393a5c0024 - < a3125bc01884431d30d731461634c8295b6f0529

Linux

Linux

affected
6.18.17 - < 6.18.21
affected
6.19.7 - < 6.19.11

CVSS v3.1 Details

CVSS v3.1 Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

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