In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
LoongArch: Avoid preempt count underflow without probe
LoongArch uses break 11 for the breakpoint placed after an instruction
that Kprobes executes out of line. Since userspace can issue the same
break instruction, do_bp() can reach kprobe_singlestep_handler() when
there is no current probe.
The handler actually returns false in this case, but it first calls
preempt_enable_no_resched(). The corresponding preempt_disable() is done
by kprobe_breakpoint_handler() on a real Kprobe hit, so it has not run
here. As a result, an ordinary userspace breakpoint (code 11) underflows
the current task's preempt count.
This also makes in_interrupt() return true until the task schedules. One
visible consequence is the socket cgroup attribution: cgroup_sk_alloc()
treats the allocation as interrupt context and assigns the socket to the
root cgroup. A socket opened from the SIGTRAP handler can then avoid a
BPF_CGROUP_INET_SOCK_CREATE policy attached to the task's own cgroup.
Return as soon as kprobe_running() reports no active probe.
The same check has appeared in [PATCH v10 2/4] of the original LoongArch
Kprobes series, but was dropped before the feature reached mainline.
References
Configurations
No configuration.
History
16 Sep 2026, 15:18
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
|---|---|---|
| CVSS |
v2 : v3 : |
v2 : unknown
v3 : 7.8 |
Information
Published : 2026-09-16 11:16
Updated : 2026-09-16 15:18
NVD link : CVE-2026-89902
Mitre link : CVE-2026-89902
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-89902
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Products Affected
No product.
CWE
No CWE.