# CVE-2026-98599: bpf: Reject non-negative offsets in stack\_slot\_obj\_get\_spi()

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 7.2.9
- Published: 2026-10-18 · Updated: 2026-10-19

## Affected

- Linux: from 06accc8779c1d558a5b5a21f2ac82b0c95827ddd, fixed in 89a7241fc7ecc1b5e47c3f071081e314523b8d9d; from 06accc8779c1d558a5b5a21f2ac82b0c95827ddd, fixed in 79a9172f3ab4ad8392c5e5c8944b9b7710ade620
- Linux: 6.4
- Kernel (Linux): from 6.4.0, fixed in 7.2.9

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bpf: Reject non-negative offsets in stack_slot_obj_get_spi() bpf_get_spi() computes (-off - 1) / BPF_REG_SIZE using C division, which truncates toward zero. For off == 0, this produces spi 0, the same index used by the valid stack slot at fp-8. stack_slot_obj_get_spi() currently checks alignment and the resulting spi bounds, but does not reject the non-negative offset itself. It can therefore validate a PTR_TO_STACK register holding fp+0 against an iterator stored at fp-8 even though the runtime receives the actual fp+0 pointer. An effectful iterator kfunc can then interpret memory outside the BPF stack as iterator state. Reject non-negative offsets before converting the offset to an spi. All valid stack objects begin at a negative offset from the frame pointer.

## What to do

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/89a7241fc7ecc1b5e47c3f071081e314523b8d9d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/79a9172f3ab4ad8392c5e5c8944b9b7710ade620

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