Unscored severity · published Oct 23, 2026
CVE-2026-98888
arm64: kprobes: Allow reentering kprobes while single-stepping
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CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
arm64: kprobes: Allow reentering kprobes while single-stepping
A kprobe can be hit while another kprobe is in KPROBE_HIT_SS state. This
can happen when tracing or perf code runs from the debug exception path
while the first kprobe is preparing or executing its out-of-line
single-step instruction.
Currently arm64 treats a kprobe hit in KPROBE_HIT_SS as unrecoverable,
the same as a hit in KPROBE_REENTER. This is too strict. A hit in
KPROBE_HIT_SS is still a one-level reentry and can be handled by saving
the current kprobe state and setting up single-step for the new probe,
just like reentry from KPROBE_HIT_ACTIVE or KPROBE_HIT_SSDONE.
The truly unrecoverable case is hitting another kprobe while already in
KPROBE_REENTER, because the reentry save area has already been consumed.
Move KPROBE_HIT_SS to the recoverable reentry cases and leave
KPROBE_REENTER as the unrecoverable nested reentry case.
This change also requires saving saved_irqflag in struct prev_kprobe.
When a nested kprobe calls kprobes_save_local_irqflag(), it overwrites
kcb->saved_irqflag with the currently masked DAIF value, losing the
outer kprobe's original DAIF state. Without this fix, when the outer
kprobe's single-step finishes, kprobes_restore_local_irqflag() applies
the wrong DAIF mask and leaves interrupts permanently disabled.
Extend struct prev_kprobe with a saved_irqflag field and save/restore it
alongside kp and status. This ensures the outer kprobe's original
interrupt state is preserved across reentry.
This mirrors the x86 fix in commit 6a5022a56ac3
("kprobes/x86: Allow to handle reentered kprobe on single-stepping").
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 8% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
LI
Linux · Linux
2dd0e8d2d2a157dbc83295a78336c2217110f2f8 before bb0fe9121aa0824211aafa33c7d0151fd25ddb75; 2dd0e8d2d2a157dbc83295a78336c2217110f2f8 before f96a0606de6bcc8d937b80e6470fd7a174c17e26; 2dd0e8d2d2a157dbc83295a78336c2217110f2f8 before 1f342b3e44c3035a837b53b217d816f7511c0d0a; 2dd0e8d2d2a157dbc83295a78336c2217110f2f8 before c8e84e292ed4cfc199824146da71bb4397b02a1f; 2dd0e8d2d2a157dbc83295a78336c2217110f2f8 before 68774caca799e9695db56d426c69acebd041c2ed; 2dd0e8d2d2a157dbc83295a78336c2217110f2f8 before a21bf9cb893126e8d9730995708d0be5eb167652; +2 more · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-98888
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-98888
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1f342b3e44c3035a837b53b217d816f7511c0d0a
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/23f851ac0078a908bf3422d6467ebc1db5828c46
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/68774caca799e9695db56d426c69acebd041c2ed
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a21bf9cb893126e8d9730995708d0be5eb167652
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bb0fe9121aa0824211aafa33c7d0151fd25ddb75
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c8e84e292ed4cfc199824146da71bb4397b02a1f
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