CVE-2026-90177

CVE-2026-90177

High · published September 17, 2026

CVSS v3.1
7.8
EPSS
0%
Percentile
5.3
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

bpf: Check pointer type for all atomic RMW paths

Atomic RMW verification records an instruction pointer type only when the

current destination is PTR_TO_ARENA. A second path can therefore reach the

same instruction with an ordinary pointer without comparing it against the

saved arena type.

The post-verification fixup uses the saved type to rewrite the instruction

to BPF_PROBE_ATOMIC for every path. Record the actual destination type for

all atomic RMW paths so the existing mismatch check rejects incompatible

uses of one instruction.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
7.8 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00164 · 5.3th percentile
Published
2026-09-17T21:17Z
References (4)
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 19 SEP 03:55Z
    EPSS moved — → 0%
    epss
  • 17 SEP 16:07Z
    bpf: Check pointer type for all atomic RMW paths
    cvelistv5