# CVE-2026-93044: bpf: Disallow interpreter fallback for arena-related insns

- 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 6082b6c328b5486da2b356eae94b8b83c98b5565, fixed in 408b6d3bc19c4aa852ab7ee2f447756e52e69967; from 6082b6c328b5486da2b356eae94b8b83c98b5565, fixed in 34746b5a84ec37c0ea2bf6808c65c5ed8790eb51
- Linux: 6.9
- Kernel (Linux): from 6.9.0, fixed in 7.2.6

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bpf: Disallow interpreter fallback for arena-related insns Since the interpreter does not support the arena-related insns, interpreter fallback should not be allowed for these insns in core.c::__bpf_prog_select_runtime(). Currently, when the interpreter executes the arena ST/LDX/STX insns, it would hit the BUG_ON() in ___bpf_prog_run() at run time. [ 2.579196] BPF interpreter: unknown opcode a2 (imm: 0x0) [ 2.579998] ------------[ cut here ]------------ [ 2.580652] kernel BUG at kernel/bpf/core.c:2349! [ 2.581314] Oops: invalid opcode: 0000 [#1] SMP PTI Set jit_required as true when arena map is used in the prog to disallow interpreter fallback for arena-related insns.

## What to do

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/408b6d3bc19c4aa852ab7ee2f447756e52e69967
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/34746b5a84ec37c0ea2bf6808c65c5ed8790eb51

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