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## Source facts (JSON-quoted data)
CNA source text (English)
id: "CVE-2026-98007"
idYear: 2026
status: "PUBLISHED"
publishedAt: "2026-09-25T10:23:32.939Z"
updatedAt: "2026-10-19T09:12:12.779Z"
importedAt: "2026-10-24T01:58:41.756Z"
snapshot: {"id":"cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline","at":"2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z","source":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/releases/tag/cve_2026-10-24_0100Z"}
url: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-98007"
json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-98007.json"
sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-98007"
title: "bpf: Reject non-scalar bpf_loop iteration counts"
summary: "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nbpf: Reject non-scalar bpf_loop iteration counts\n\nbpf_loop() declares its nr_loops argument as ARG_ANYTHING. Privileged\nprograms may pass pointer values to such arguments, so check_func_arg()\nlets a pointer-valued R1 reach the helper-specific checks.\n\nSince commit bb124da69c47 (\"bpf: keep track of max number of bpf_loop\ncallback iterations\"), the verifier marks R1 precise and reads its upper\nbound to limit callback simulation. Precision backtracking only accepts\nscalar registers, so passing a pointer instead triggers the \"backtracking\nmisuse\" verifier warning. Kernels with panic_on_warn enabled subsequently\npanic.\n\nIntroduce ARG_SCALAR for helper arguments that only accept scalar values\nand use it for bpf_loop() nr_loops. Generic helper argument validation then\nrejects pointers before loop inlining and precision processing."
affected: [{"versions":[{"version":"bfc5c19b4b48840627af0d0f1c8f4461b276e508","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"2ff38b3552af53238aee6c877ae64cc798d46fce"},{"version":"bb124da69c47dd98d69361ec13244ece50bec63e","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"656d40d1ca228ee21a9b3280432479fc9eae75ab"},{"version":"bb124da69c47dd98d69361ec13244ece50bec63e","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"e2e1161e03fecff6d2229a81b024337144bfcd97"},{"version":"bb124da69c47dd98d69361ec13244ece50bec63e","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"f8ae8275c721334ee50fafdd986fb83294eb941a"},{"version":"bb124da69c47dd98d69361ec13244ece50bec63e","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"c3fd8e5fd100f122bad503bdc0e9277219533253"},{"version":"6.6.15","status":"affected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"6.6.158"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected"},{"versions":[{"version":"6.7","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"6.7"},{"version":"6.6.158","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.6.*"},{"version":"6.12.111","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.12.*"},{"version":"6.18.53","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.18.*"},{"version":"7.2.7","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"7.2.*"},{"version":"7.3","status":"unaffected","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix","lessThanOrEqual":"*"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected"}]

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