DEBIAN-CVE-2026-98038

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Source

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-98038

Import Source

https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-98038.json

JSON Data

https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-98038

Upstream

CVE-2026-98038

Published

2026-09-25T11:17:32Z

Modified

2026-09-26T05:01:10Z

Summary

[none]

Details

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bpf: Keep refcount_acquire nullable for borrowed RCU kptrs bpf_refcount_acquire() is fallible for a borrowed reference because the object may have reached a zero refcount. The verifier therefore keeps KF_RET_NULL on the return value unless the argument is an owning reference. An RCU-protected load of a local kptr is marked MEM_ALLOC, but it only receives NON_OWN_REF when the pointee contains a graph node. A refcounted object without a graph node consequently looks like an owning reference even though the loaded register has no acquired reference state. If the program drops the last real reference while remaining in the RCU critical section, refcount_inc_not_zero() returns NULL while the verifier treats the result as non-NULL. Only classify the argument as owning when it is backed by a verifier-tracked reference. This retains the non-NULL return for pointers from bpf_obj_new(), bpf_kptr_xchg(), or an earlier successful acquisition, while requiring a NULL check for borrowed RCU kptrs. [ kkd: Rewrote commit log ]

References

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-98038

Affected packages

Debian:13 / linux

Package

Name: linux
Purl: pkg:deb/debian/linux?arch=source&distro=trixie

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

6.*

6.12.38-1

6.12.41-1

6.12.43-1~bpo12+1

6.12.43-1

6.12.48-1

6.12.57-1~bpo12+1

6.12.57-1

6.12.63-1~bpo12+1

6.12.63-1

6.12.69-1~bpo12+1

6.12.69-1

6.12.73-1~bpo12+1

6.12.73-1

6.12.74-1

6.12.74-2~bpo12+1

6.12.74-2

6.12.85-1~bpo12+1

6.12.85-1

6.12.86-1~bpo12+1

6.12.86-1

6.12.88-1~bpo12+1

6.12.88-1

6.12.90-1~bpo12+1

6.12.90-1

6.12.90-2~bpo12+1

6.12.90-2

6.12.94-1~bpo12+1

6.12.94-1

6.12.95-1~bpo12+1

6.12.95-1

6.12.96-1

6.12.100-1

6.12.101-1

6.12.105-1

6.12.107-1

6.13~rc6-1~exp1

6.13~rc7-1~exp1

6.13.2-1~exp1

6.13.3-1~exp1

6.13.4-1~exp1

6.13.5-1~exp1

6.13.6-1~exp1

6.13.7-1~exp1

6.13.8-1~exp1

6.13.9-1~exp1

6.13.10-1~exp1

6.13.11-1~exp1

6.14.3-1~exp1

6.14.5-1~exp1

6.14.6-1~exp1

6.15~rc7-1~exp1

6.15-1~exp1

6.15.1-1~exp1

6.15.2-1~exp1

6.15.3-1~exp1

6.15.4-1~exp1

6.15.5-1~exp1

6.15.6-1~exp1

6.16~rc7-1~exp1

6.16-1~exp1

6.16.1-1~exp1

6.16.3-1~bpo13+1

6.16.3-1

6.16.5-1

6.16.6-1

6.16.7-1

6.16.8-1

6.16.9-1

6.16.10-1

6.16.11-1

6.16.12-1~bpo13+1

6.16.12-1

6.16.12-2

6.17.2-1~exp1

6.17.5-1~exp1

6.17.6-1

6.17.7-1

6.17.7-2

6.17.8-1~bpo13+1

6.17.8-1

6.17.9-1

6.17.10-1

6.17.11-1

6.17.12-1

6.17.13-1~bpo13+1

6.17.13-1

6.18~rc4-1~exp1

6.18~rc4-1~exp2

6.18~rc5-1~exp1

6.18~rc6-1~exp1

6.18~rc7-1~exp1

6.18.1-1~exp1

6.18.2-1~exp1

6.18.3-1

6.18.5-1~bpo13+1

6.18.5-1

6.18.8-1

6.18.9-1~bpo13+1

6.18.9-1

6.18.10-1

6.18.12-1~bpo13+1

6.18.12-1

6.18.13-1

6.18.14-1

6.18.15-1~bpo13+1

6.18.15-1

6.19~rc4-1~exp1

6.19~rc5-1~exp1

6.19~rc6-1~exp1

6.19~rc7-1~exp1

6.19~rc8-1~exp1

6.19-1~exp1

6.19.2-1~exp1

6.19.3-1~exp1

6.19.4-1~exp1

6.19.5-1~exp1

6.19.6-1

6.19.6-2~bpo13+1

6.19.6-2

6.19.8-1~bpo13+1

6.19.8-1

6.19.10-1~bpo13+1

6.19.10-1

6.19.11-1~bpo13+1

6.19.11-1

6.19.12-1

6.19.13-1~bpo13+1

6.19.13-1

6.19.14-1~bpo13+1

6.19.14-1

7.*

7.0-1~exp1

7.0.1-1~exp1

7.0.3-1

7.0.4-1~bpo13+1

7.0.4-1

7.0.7-1~bpo13+1

7.0.7-1

7.0.9-1~bpo13+1

7.0.9-1

7.0.10-1~bpo13+1

7.0.10-1

7.0.12-1

7.0.12-2~bpo13+1

7.0.12-2

7.0.13-1~bpo13+1

7.0.13-1

7.0.14-1

7.1~rc2-1~exp1

7.1~rc3-1~exp1

7.1~rc4-1~exp1

7.1~rc4-1~exp2

7.1~rc5-1~exp1

7.1~rc7-1~exp1

7.1.1-1~exp1

7.1.2-1~exp1

7.1.3-1~bpo13+1

7.1.3-1

7.1.3-1+sunvdc

7.1.4-1

7.1.5-1

7.1.6-1

7.1.7-1~bpo13+1

7.1.7-1

7.1.8-1~bpo13+1

7.1.8-1

7.1.8-2

7.1.9-1

7.1.9-1+sparc64

7.1.10-1

7.1.12-1

7.1.13-1

7.2~rc3-1~exp1

7.2~rc5-1~exp1

7.2~rc7-1~exp1

7.2.2-1~exp1

7.2.3-1~exp1

7.2.6-1

7.2.7-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency":  "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-98038.json"

Debian:14 / linux