# CVE-2026-92517: bpf, riscv: Fix extable handling for arena load\_acquire

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 6.18.52, 7.2.6
- Published: 2026-09-17 · Updated: 2026-10-19

## Affected

- Linux: from fb7cefabae8117c203155ef169a386bec43bbba9, fixed in 26d9496c826586338d1b8c27edfec4a19a89f462; from fb7cefabae8117c203155ef169a386bec43bbba9, fixed in 08fe2eaa609180c1baeb76c2629a9c82263b0427; from fb7cefabae8117c203155ef169a386bec43bbba9, fixed in 5eb8921371c6fd117d4a328b6053dfda38707df8
- Linux: 6.18
- Kernel (Linux): from 6.18.0, fixed in 6.18.52; from 6.19.0, fixed in 7.2.6

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bpf, riscv: Fix extable handling for arena load_acquire emit_atomic_ld_st() returns 1 to have build_body() skip the zext after a sub-word load_acquire. The caller does "ret = ret ?: add_exception_handler(...)", which skips add_exception_handler() on any non-zero ret, so the extable entry is missing and a faulting PROBE_ATOMIC load_acquire oopses. REG_DONT_CLEAR_MARKER leaves rd stale on fault, and the verifier still thinks the load overwrote it, so a program can leak it through a map. Check ret >= 0 before calling add_exception_handler(), and pass rd for LOAD_ACQ so the fault zeroes rd like a PROBE_MEM load. Return ret unchanged for the zext skip.

## What to do

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/26d9496c826586338d1b8c27edfec4a19a89f462
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/08fe2eaa609180c1baeb76c2629a9c82263b0427
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5eb8921371c6fd117d4a328b6053dfda38707df8

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