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CVE-2026-43070
Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

bpf: Reset register ID for BPF_END value tracking

When a register undergoes a BPF_END (byte swap) operation, its scalar
value is mutated in-place. If this register previously shared a scalar ID
with another register (e.g., after an `r1 = r0` assignment), this tie must
be broken.

Currently, the verifier misses resetting `dst_reg->id` to 0 for BPF_END.
Consequently, if a conditional jump checks the swapped register, the
verifier incorrectly propagates the learned bounds to the linked register,
leading to false confidence in the linked register's value and potentially
allowing out-of-bounds memory accesses.

Fix this by explicitly resetting `dst_reg->id` to 0 in the BPF_END case
to break the scalar tie, similar to how BPF_NEG handles it via
`__mark_reg_known`.

Publication Date May 6, 2026, 1:16 a.m.
Registration Date May 6, 2026, 4:07 a.m.
Last Update May 6, 2026, 1:16 a.m.
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