# CVE-2026-72028: riscv: probes: save original sp in rethook trampoline

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 6.6.145, 6.12.97, 6.18.40, 7.1.5
- Published: 2026-08-15 · Updated: 2026-10-30

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 5.12
- Kernel (Linux): from 5.12.0, fixed in 6.6.145; from 6.7.0, fixed in 6.12.97; from 6.13.0, fixed in 6.18.40; from 6.19.0, fixed in 7.1.5

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: riscv: probes: save original sp in rethook trampoline Reading a word from the stack in a kretprobe crashes a risc-v kernel. $ cd /sys/kernel/tracing/ $ echo 'r n_tty_write $stack0' > dynamic_events $ echo 1 > events/kprobes/enable Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address 0000000200000128 ... [<ffffffff80016d16>] regs_get_kernel_stack_nth+0x26/0x38 [<ffffffff80177196>] process_fetch_insn+0x3ee/0x760 [<ffffffff80177836>] kretprobe_trace_func+0x116/0x1f0 [<ffffffff8017795a>] kretprobe_dispatcher+0x4a/0x58 [<ffffffff8013572e>] kretprobe_rethook_handler+0x5e/0x90 [<ffffffff80180838>] rethook_trampoline_handler+0x70/0x108 [<ffffffff8001ba32>] arch_rethook_trampoline_callback+0x12/0x1c [<ffffffff8001ba84>] arch_rethook_trampoline+0x48/0x94 [<ffffffff8067872a>] tty_write+0x1a/0x30 In regs_get_kernel_stack_nth, regs->sp contains an arbitrary value. arch_rethook_trampoline saves the registers from the probed function in a struct pt_regs. sp is not saved. Instead, sp is decremented for arch_rethook_trampoline's local stack. Fix this crash and save the original sp along with the other registers. Use a0 as a temporary register, it is overwritten anyway. [pjw@kernel.org: added Fixes tag; cc'ed stable]

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Linux kernel, upgrade to a fixed version (6.6.145, 6.12.97, 6.18.40, 7.1.5) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d21109fe4a55247094f913773a334772907cd016
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5da5cf48a432e30ded8d58087854e5383a36eff1
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c386e1c591d72eab58ee2e69105c8cbc70928857
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2faf0198168d2017cb528a79f76c560fda3b6e94
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/91b4d76dd07f1a1f20f73dfebb42ba04ac911a56
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bc7b086a45521a986a49045907f017e3e46c763e

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