CVE-2026-31525
bpf: Fix undefined behavior in interpreter sdiv/smod for INT_MIN
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CVSS 7.8EPSS 0.1%KEV nãoPoC públicaNuclei —Metasploit —Patch —
Lifecycle
22 Apr 2026Published on NVD
02 Jun 2026Public PoC
Weaponization speed
41 daysto first PoC
Recommendation: Plan a near-term fix — a public PoC already exists.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
bpf: Fix undefined behavior in interpreter sdiv/smod for INT_MIN
The BPF interpreter's signed 32-bit division and modulo handlers use
the kernel abs() macro on s32 operands. The abs() macro documentation
(include/linux/math.h) explicitly states the result is undefined when
the input is the type minimum. When DST contains S32_MIN (0x80000000),
abs((s32)DST) triggers undefined behavior and returns S32_MIN unchanged
on arm64/x86. This value is then sign-extended to u64 as
0xFFFFFFFF80000000, causing do_div() to compute the wrong result.
The verifier's abstract interpretation (scalar32_min_max_sdiv) computes
the mathematically correct result for range tracking, creating a
verifier/interpreter mismatch that can be exploited for out-of-bounds
map value access.
Introduce abs_s32() which handles S32_MIN correctly by casting to u32
before negating, avoiding signed overflow entirely. Replace all 8
abs((s32)...) call sites in the interpreter's sdiv32/smod32 handlers.
s32 is the only affected case -- the s64 division/modulo handlers do
not use abs().
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected products
Linux · Linuxpublic PoCs found — 1
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References
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0d5d8c3ce45c734aaf3c51cbef59155a6746157dhttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/694ea55f1b1c74f9942d91ec366ae9e822422e42https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9ab1227765c446942f290c83382f0b19887c55cfhttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c77b30bd1dcb61f66c640ff7d2757816210c7cb0https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f14ca604c0ff274fba19f73f1f0485c0047c1396