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## Source facts (JSON-quoted data)
CNA source text (English)
id: "CVE-2026-98132"
idYear: 2026
status: "PUBLISHED"
publishedAt: "2026-09-25T10:36:11.662Z"
updatedAt: "2026-10-19T09:14:26.212Z"
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-2026-98132"
json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-98132.json"
sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-98132"
title: "bpf: don't downgrade half-dead scalar zero spills to STACK_ZERO"
summary: "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nbpf: don't downgrade half-dead scalar zero spills to STACK_ZERO\n\nstates.c:__clean_func_state() can downgrade scalar zero spill to\nSTACK_ZERO in the following case:\n\n  *(u64 *)(r10 - 8) = 0;\n  ... checkpoint ...\n  r1 = *(u32 *)(r10 - 4);\n  ... no reads from r10-8 ...\n\nHere 4 bytes at r10-8 are dead and verifier changes scalar spill to a\ncombination: 0000pppp (p stands for poison). Such a change breaks\nprecision propagation chains. All places that produce STACK_ZERO\nshould call bpf_mark_chain_precision() for the zero source.\n\nThis patch fixes the bug in a simplest way possible:\navoids converting stack spills of zero to STACK_ZERO.\nTwo smarter approaches are possible:\n- do bpf_mark_chain_precision() from __clean_func_state()\n- check slot liveness information in check_stack_write_fixed_off()\n\nI investigated both and the changes required are a bit tricky,\nhence go with a simple fix for the time being."
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