CVE 7.8 HIGH

bpf, arm64: Fix off-by-one in check_imm signed range check_CVE-2026-53036

7.8 / 10
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

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

bpf, arm64: Fix off-by-one in check_imm signed range check

check_imm(bits, imm) is used in the arm64 BPF JIT to verify that
a branch displacement (in arm64 instruction units) fits into the
signed N-bit immediate field of a B, B.cond or CBZ/CBNZ encoding
before it is handed to the encoder. The macro currently tests for
(imm > 0 && imm >> bits) || (imm < 0 && ~imm >> bits) which admits
values in [-2^N, 2^N) — effectively a signed (N+1)-bit range. A
signed N-bit field only holds [-2^(N-1), 2^(N-1)), so the check
admits one extra bit of range on each side.

In particular, for check_imm19(), values in [2^18, 2^19) slip past
the check but do not fit into the 19-bit signed imm19 field of
B.cond. aarch64_insn_encode_immediate() then masks the raw value
into the 19-bit field, setting bit 18 (the sign bit) and flipping
a forward branch into a backward one. Same class of issue exists
for check_imm26() and the B/BL encoding. Shift by (bits - 1)
instead of bits so the actual signed N-bit range is enforced.

Basic Information

ID CVE-2026-53036
Source Linux
Published Jun 24, 2026 at 16:29
Modified Jun 28, 2026 at 06:38

Affected Product

Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Version e54bcde3d69d40023ae77727213d14f920eb264a
Affected Versions Linux Linux e54bcde3d69d40023ae77727213d14f920eb264a
Linux Linux e54bcde3d69d40023ae77727213d14f920eb264a
Linux Linux e54bcde3d69d40023ae77727213d14f920eb264a
Linux Linux e54bcde3d69d40023ae77727213d14f920eb264a
Linux Linux e54bcde3d69d40023ae77727213d14f920eb264a
Linux Linux e54bcde3d69d40023ae77727213d14f920eb264a
Linux Linux 3.18

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