{"cve":"CVE-2026-90306","nvd":{"published":"2026-09-17T17:17:28.263","modified":"2026-10-19T09:19:24.600","status":"Received","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nARM: 9481/2: breakpoint: CFI breakpoints only on demand\n\nThis removes the stub hw_breakpoint_cfi_handler() from ARM, making\nit not steal breakpoint type 0x03 (ARM_ENTRY_CFI_BREAKPOINT) unless\nCFI is actively used in the kernel.\n\nWhen not instrumenting with CFI, or when a breakpoint is issued in\nuserspace, we fall through to return 1 from hw_breakpoint_pending()\n\"unhandled fault\" so userspace can make use of this breakpoint.\n\nTested with LKDTM and this command line:\necho CFI_FORWARD_PROTO > /sys/kernel/debug/provoke-crash/DIRECT\nstill works as expected.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":[],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/314f1a6762b5d51b37784ed7dc701d4c3d893703","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8ed9bff906cf8036531d1559f10e82733a52b41f","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/da64b150e4b7bee615b33ab21f3137c31ec36922"],"products":[],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:55:23.253742848+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2026-90306","score":0.00206,"percentile":0.10599,"date":"2026-10-25"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}