# CVE-2026-93043: bpf: Disallow interpreter fallback for gotox insn

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

## Affected

- Linux: from 493d9e0d608339a32f568504d5fd411a261bb0af, fixed in 17da80d0c7b56579476b6644120bcfea778e531a; from 493d9e0d608339a32f568504d5fd411a261bb0af, fixed in 905f716362e1186c1a23447ca279e6d21f795cdb
- Linux: 6.19
- Kernel (Linux): from 6.19.0, fixed in 7.2.6

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bpf: Disallow interpreter fallback for gotox insn The interpreter does not recognize the BPF_JMP|BPF_JA|BPF_X insn, which is used for insn_array map. Thereafter, it would hit the BUG_ON() in ___bpf_prog_run() at run time. [ 2.563726] BPF interpreter: unknown opcode 0d (imm: 0x0) [ 2.564557] ------------[ cut here ]------------ [ 2.565206] kernel BUG at kernel/bpf/core.c:2349! [ 2.565882] Oops: invalid opcode: 0000 [#1] SMP PTI Set jit_required as true when insn_array map is used in the prog in order to disallow interpreter fallback for gotox insn in core.c::__bpf_prog_select_runtime().

## What to do

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/17da80d0c7b56579476b6644120bcfea778e531a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/905f716362e1186c1a23447ca279e6d21f795cdb

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