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CVE-2026-23383
published 2026-03-25

CVE-2026-23383: 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…

PriorityP341high7.8CVSS 3.1
AVLACLPRLUINSUCHIHAH
EPSS
0.13%
2.9th percentile
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.

Affected

16 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
debianlinux< linux 6.19.8-1 (forky)linux 6.19.8-1 (forky)
linuxlinux
linuxlinux>= b2ad54e1533e91449cb2a371e034942bd7882b58 < 80ad264da02cc4aee718e799c2b79f0f834673dc80ad264da02cc4aee718e799c2b79f0f834673dc
linuxlinux>= b2ad54e1533e91449cb2a371e034942bd7882b58 < 519b1ad91de5bf7a496f2b858e9212db6328e1de519b1ad91de5bf7a496f2b858e9212db6328e1de
linuxlinux>= b2ad54e1533e91449cb2a371e034942bd7882b58 < 66959ed481a474eaae278c7f6860a2a9b188a4d666959ed481a474eaae278c7f6860a2a9b188a4d6
linuxlinux>= b2ad54e1533e91449cb2a371e034942bd7882b58 < ef06fd16d48704eac868441d98d4ef083d8f3d07ef06fd16d48704eac868441d98d4ef083d8f3d07
linuxlinux_kernel
linuxlinux_kernel
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.19.8-16.19.8-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 6.0.0 < 6.12.776.12.77
linuxlinux_kernel>= 6.0.1 < 6.12.776.12.77
linuxlinux_kernel>= 6.13 < 6.18.176.18.17
linuxlinux_kernel>= 6.13.0 < 6.18.176.18.17
linuxlinux_kernel>= 6.19 < 6.19.76.19.7
linuxlinux_kernel>= 6.19.0 < 6.19.76.19.7
msrcazl3_kernel_6.6.126.1-1_on_azure_linux_3.0

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.17.8HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
osv7.8HIGH
vendor_debian7.8HIGH
vendor_redhat7.8HIGH
vendor_msrc5.5MEDIUM
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