# CVE-2026-93112: bpf: Require a BPF cpumask for bpf\_cpumask\_populate()

- Severity: CVSS 7.1 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 6.18.52, 7.2.6
- Published: 2026-09-17 · Updated: 2026-10-19

## Affected

- Linux: from 950ad93df2fce70445e655ed2e74f5c1a8653ab2, fixed in 0cfc9348a045da64955af2dd6902e66dfc7d6469; from 950ad93df2fce70445e655ed2e74f5c1a8653ab2, fixed in b7e2a5c6519adc73be55c3de2cb545e095a0fbc5; from 950ad93df2fce70445e655ed2e74f5c1a8653ab2, fixed in 8740156ad33be5071b588b594c55f279457f667c
- Linux: 6.15
- Kernel (Linux): from 6.15.0, 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: Require a BPF cpumask for bpf_cpumask_populate() bpf_cpumask_populate() writes to its destination with bitmap_copy(), but the destination is typed as struct cpumask *. That allows the verifier to accept borrowed cpumask pointers returned by read-only kfuncs, such as scx_bpf_get_online_cpumask(), as a writable destination. Make the destination a struct bpf_cpumask * so populate follows the same ownership rule as the other mutating cpumask kfuncs. Query kfuncs continue to accept const struct cpumask * inputs.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Linux kernel, upgrade to a fixed version (6.18.52, 7.2.6) per the references below.
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## Related

- Browse: [Linux kernel](https://cve.now/tech/linux-kernel.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0cfc9348a045da64955af2dd6902e66dfc7d6469
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b7e2a5c6519adc73be55c3de2cb545e095a0fbc5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8740156ad33be5071b588b594c55f279457f667c

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