{"cve":"CVE-2026-98589","nvd":{"published":"2026-10-18T16:17:11.513","modified":"2026-10-19T10:19:19.933","status":"Received","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nbpf: Reject pkt arguments in mutating subprogs\n\nThe verifier tracks changes in how PTR_TO_PACKET registers'\nbounds are modified across subprog boundaries. PTR_TO_PACKET\nregisters are actually passed as PTR_TO_MEM, which is assumed\nvalid for the entire call. This is not the case with packet memory,\nwhere a pskb_* call may invalidate its memory region.\n\nReject BPF code that passes PTR_TO_PACKET pointers to subprogs that\nmay mutate a packet. We cannot pass the pointer as a true PTR_TO_PACKET\nbecause we would also need to somehow pass the PTR_TO_PACKET_META\nor PTR_TO_PACKET_END to the subprog. Since we cannot avoid representing\nthe pointer in the subprog as PTR_TO_MEM, only permit it if the\nsubprog is guaranteed not to mutate the packet.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":[],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0b6b2bb9b90ad1e2d94d18f626258a1dbbdee0ea","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a6c1edfbe240e4377038a0e1d233ad81fde9a21b"],"products":[],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T23:00:53.604569364+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2026-98589","score":0.00196,"percentile":0.09255,"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."]}