CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-64507

Low risk· EPSS 5%
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.16%

5th percentile - higher than 5% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the Spectre-v2 mitigation lacks IBPB flush on BPF JIT memory reuse. Enabling IBPB flush for BPF JIT allocations has been added, skipping when the BPF dispatcher uses retpoline.

Risk Assessment

The risk involves potential data leakage or Spectre-v2 attacks via JIT spraying, enabling reading sensitive kernel information.

Recommendation

Update the Linux kernel to a version containing the fix that enables IBPB flush on BPF JIT allocations.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: x86/bugs: Enable IBPB flush on BPF JIT allocation Enable hardening against JIT spraying when Spectre-v2 mitigations are in use. Specifically, issue an IBPB flush on BPF JIT memory reuse. Skip enabling the IBPB flush if the BPF dispatcher is already using a retpoline sequence. This hardening applies only when BPF-JIT is in use. Guard the enabling under CONFIG_BPF_JIT so that bugs.c still builds with CONFIG_BPF_JIT=n.

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