CVE-2026-89991

CVE CVE-2026-89991EUVD EUVD-2026-80599Published 2026-09-16T10:33:05.000Z

What the advisory describes

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bpf: Fix infinite loop in pcpu_freelist push with one possible CPU __pcpu_freelist_push() can loop forever when only one CPU is possible and an NMI re-enters pcpu_freelist_push() while the interrupted context holds that CPU's freelist lock. After the current-CPU fast path fails, the fallback loop walks cpu_possible_mask while skipping the current CPU. With CONFIG_SMP=n, or when an SMP kernel is limited to one possible CPU with nr_cpus=1 or possible_cpus=1, there are no other possible CPUs to examine. The loop therefore makes no lock acquisition attempt and can never make progress. The following stack was observed on a UP system: NMI context: pcpu_freelist_push free_htab_elem htab_map_delete_elem [perf-event BPF program] __perf_event_overflow perf_event_nmi_handler exc_nmi Interrupted context: __pcpu_freelist_push pcpu_freelist_push free_htab_elem htab_map_delete_elem [raw_tp/sys_enter BPF program] __bpf_trace_sys_enter do_syscall_64 raw_res_spin_lock() detects the same-CPU recursive acquisition and returns -EDEADLK, but the subsequent fallback loop has no candidate head on a system with one possible CPU. Restore the extra fallback head that existed before the rqspinlock conversion. Keep the current-CPU fast path, then try the other possible CPUs and finally the extra head. The additional head lets a push, which cannot fail without losing a preallocated element, make progress when the only per-CPU head is held by the interrupted context. Also check the extra head from the pop path so that nodes placed there can be reused.

Source: EUVD (ENISA), in the words of the advisory.

Products the advisory names

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• Linux — Linux f2ac0e5d1c4dcc55d6510dcaefb8f45661a9a1fb <a24a146ae2cb5d9faeea96d10010fcb6579abe1f; patch: 6.18.51; 6.15; patch: 0; f2ac0e5d1c4dcc55d6510dcaefb8f45661a9a1fb <efebf6496685c93150df5bb0794363ae70c5f58a; patch: 7.3-rc2; patch: 7.2.5; f2ac0e5d1c4dcc55d6510dcaefb8f45661a9a1fb <a5b5e62baceff9e252c6535cf42a027d04f226cf

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• Linux — Linux

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