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bpf: Preserve id of register in sync_linked_regs()

Published May 27, 2026 · Updated Oct 19, 2026 · Assigned by Linux

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Description

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

bpf: Preserve id of register in sync_linked_regs()

sync_linked_regs() copies the id of known_reg to reg when propagating
bounds of known_reg to reg using the off of known_reg, but when
known_reg was linked to reg like:

known_reg = reg ; both known_reg and reg get same id
known_reg += 4 ; known_reg gets off = 4, and its id gets BPF_ADD_CONST

now when a call to sync_linked_regs() happens, let's say with the following:

if known_reg >= 10 goto pc+2

known_reg's new bounds are propagated to reg but now reg gets
BPF_ADD_CONST from the copy.

This means if another link to reg is created like:

another_reg = reg ; another_reg should get the id of reg but
assign_scalar_id_before_mov() sees
BPF_ADD_CONST on reg and assigns a new id to it.

As reg has a new id now, known_reg's link to reg is broken. If we find
new bounds for known_reg, they will not be propagated to reg.

This can be seen in the selftest added in the next commit:

0: (85) call bpf_get_prandom_u32#7 ; R0=scalar()
1: (57) r0 &= 255 ; R0=scalar(smin=smin32=0,smax=umax=smax32=umax32=255,var_off=(0x0; 0xff))
2: (bf) r1 = r0 ; R0=scalar(id=1,smin=smin32=0,smax=umax=smax32=umax32=255,var_off=(0x0; 0xff)) R1=scalar(id=1,smin=smin32=0,smax=umax=smax32=umax32=255,var_off=(0x0; 0xff))
3: (07) r1 += 4 ; R1=scalar(id=1+4,smin=umin=smin32=umin32=4,smax=umax=smax32=umax32=259,var_off=(0x0; 0x1ff))
4: (a5) if r1 < 0xa goto pc+4 ; R1=scalar(id=1+4,smin=umin=smin32=umin32=10,smax=umax=smax32=umax32=259,var_off=(0x0; 0x1ff))
5: (bf) r2 = r0 ; R0=scalar(id=2,smin=umin=smin32=umin32=6,smax=umax=smax32=umax32=255) R2=scalar(id=2,smin=umin=smin32=umin32=6,smax=umax=smax32=umax32=255)
6: (a5) if r1 < 0xe goto pc+2 ; R1=scalar(id=1+4,smin=umin=smin32=umin32=14,smax=umax=smax32=umax32=259,var_off=(0x0; 0x1ff))
7: (35) if r0 >= 0xa goto pc+1 ; R0=scalar(id=2,smin=umin=smin32=umin32=6,smax=umax=smax32=umax32=9,var_off=(0x0; 0xf))
8: (37) r0 /= 0
div by zero

When 4 is verified, r1's bounds are propagated to r0 but r0 also gets
BPF_ADD_CONST (bug).
When 5 is verified, r0 gets a new id (2) and its link with r1 is broken.

After 6 we know r1 has bounds [14, 259] and therefore r0 should have
bounds [10, 255], therefore the branch at 7 is always taken. But because
r0's id was changed to 2, r1's new bounds are not propagated to r0.
The verifier still thinks r0 has bounds [6, 255] before 7 and execution
can reach div by zero.

Fix this by preserving id in sync_linked_regs() like off and subreg_def.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Linux Linux 6.11 6.12.75

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 linux 6.18.14-1 —
Debian 13 linux 6.12.85-1 —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 25.10 linux +8 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-riscv +26 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-riscv +32 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gke +28 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-gcp +14 No fix yet —
Show 2 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS linux-hwe-edge No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 24.04 LTS linux-realtime-6.14 +1 No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES for SAP 16.0 kernel-64kb +8 6.12.0-160000.36.1 SUSE-SU-2026:22835-1
SLES for SAP 16.0 kernel-default-base 6.12.0-160000.36.1.160000.2.17 SUSE-SU-2026:22835-1
SLES 16.0 kernel-64kb +8 6.12.0-160000.36.1 SUSE-SU-2026:22835-1, SUSE-SU-2026:22812-1
SLES 16.0 kernel-default-base 6.12.0-160000.36.1.160000.2.17 SUSE-SU-2026:22835-1
SLE Micro 6.2 kernel-default-base 6.12.0-160000.36.1.160000.2.17 SUSE-SU-2026:22769-1
SLE Micro 6.2 kernel-rt +5 6.12.0-160000.36.1 SUSE-SU-2026:22769-1, SUSE-SU-2026:22742-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Leap 16.0 kernel-default-base 6.12.0-160000.36.1.160000.2.17 openSUSE-SU-2026:21388-1
openSUSE Leap 16.0 kernel-rt +11 6.12.0-160000.36.1 openSUSE-SU-2026:21388-1

Amazon Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Amazon Linux 2023 kernel-livepatch-6.12.77-99.140 +1 1:1.0-0.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-1543, ALAS2023-2026-1514
Amazon Linux 2023 perf6.12 +14 1:6.12.77-99.140.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-1543
Amazon Linux 2023 perf6.18 +14 1:6.18.15-14.217.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2026-1514

Oracle Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Oracle Linux 9 kernel-uek +34 6.12.0-204.92.4.2.el10uek ELSA-2026-50372

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