Answer in brief
CVE-2026-23383 records a High severity (CVSS 7.8) vulnerability in bpf, arm64: Force 8-byte alignment for JIT buffer to prevent atomic tearing. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. The current feed maps Linux/Linux (generic), Linux/Linux (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
Analysis pending evidence review
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CVSS is 7.8. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. Treat this as a source-backed prioritization signal, not a statement about your environment.
Analysis status
Analysis pending evidence review
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The current feed maps Linux/Linux (generic), Linux/Linux (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
| Package | Affected range | Fixed version |
|---|---|---|
| Linux/Linuxgeneric | >=b2ad54e1533e91449cb2a371e034942bd7882b58 <f5a41b61b5faae1965a5a2cb55322fe8f17e3b2d || >=b2ad54e1533e91449cb2a371e034942bd7882b58 <80ad264da02cc4aee718e799c2b79f0f834673dc || >=b2ad54e1533e91449cb2a371e034942bd7882b58 <519b1ad91de5bf7a496f2b858e9212db6328e1de || >=b2ad54e1533e91449cb2a371e034942bd7882b58 <66959ed481a474eaae278c7f6860a2a9b188a4d6 || >=b2ad54e1533e91449cb2a371e034942bd7882b58 <ef06fd16d48704eac868441d98d4ef083d8f3d07 | f5a41b61b5faae1965a5a2cb55322fe8f17e3b2d, 80ad264da02cc4aee718e799c2b79f0f834673dc, 519b1ad91de5bf7a496f2b858e9212db6328e1de, 66959ed481a474eaae278c7f6860a2a9b188a4d6, ef06fd16d48704eac868441d98d4ef083d8f3d07 |
| Linux/Linuxgeneric | 6.0 | Not reported |
Published upstream
Mar 25, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordSource modified
Oct 21, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordFirst seen by HOL
Oct 21, 2026
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bpf, arm64: Force 8-byte alignment for JIT buffer to prevent atomic tearing struct bpf_plt contains a u64 target field. Currently, the BPF JIT allocator requests an alignment of 4 bytes (sizeof(u32)) for the JIT buffer. Because the base address of the JIT buffer can be 4-byte aligned (e.g., ending in 0x4 or 0xc), the relative padding logic in build_plt() fails to ensure that target lands on an 8-byte boundary. This leads to two issues: 1. UBSAN reports misaligned-access warnings when dereferencing the structure. 2. More critically, target is updated concurrently via WRITE_ONCE() in bpf_arch_text_poke() while the JIT'd code executes ldr. On arm64, 64-bit loads/stores are only guaranteed to be single-copy atomic if they are 64-bit aligned. A misaligned target risks a torn read, causing the JIT to jump to a corrupted address. Fix this by increasing the allocation alignment requirement to 8 bytes (sizeof(u64)) in bpf_jit_binary_pack_alloc(). This anchors the base of the JIT buffer to an 8-byte boundary, allowing the relative padding math in build_plt() to correctly align the target field.
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