{"id":"CVE-2026-93043","state":"PUBLISHED","title":"bpf: Disallow interpreter fallback for gotox insn","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nbpf: Disallow interpreter fallback for gotox insn\n\nThe interpreter does not recognize the BPF_JMP|BPF_JA|BPF_X insn, which\nis used for insn_array map. Thereafter, it would hit the BUG_ON() in\n___bpf_prog_run() at run time.\n\n[    2.563726] BPF interpreter: unknown opcode 0d (imm: 0x0)\n[    2.564557] ------------[ cut here ]------------\n[    2.565206] kernel BUG at kernel/bpf/core.c:2349!\n[    2.565882] Oops: invalid opcode: 0000 [#1] SMP PTI\n\nSet jit_required as true when insn_array map is used in the prog in\norder to disallow interpreter fallback for gotox insn in\ncore.c::__bpf_prog_select_runtime().","publishedAt":"2026-09-17T16:10:35.602Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-19T09:04:38.184Z","severity":null,"assigner":"Linux","products":["Linux Linux"],"affected":[{"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected","versions":[{"version":"493d9e0d608339a32f568504d5fd411a261bb0af","status":"affected","lessThan":"17da80d0c7b56579476b6644120bcfea778e531a","versionType":"git"},{"version":"493d9e0d608339a32f568504d5fd411a261bb0af","status":"affected","lessThan":"905f716362e1186c1a23447ca279e6d21f795cdb","versionType":"git"}],"repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["kernel/bpf/verifier.c"]},{"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected","versions":[{"version":"6.19","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","status":"unaffected","lessThan":"6.19","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"7.2.6","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"7.2.*","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"7.3","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"*","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix"}],"repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["kernel/bpf/verifier.c"]}],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/17da80d0c7b56579476b6644120bcfea778e531a","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/905f716362e1186c1a23447ca279e6d21f795cdb"],"weaknesses":[],"ingestedAt":"2026-10-29T20:13:34.582Z","source":{"repository":"CVEProject/cvelistV5","path":"cves/2026/93xxx/CVE-2026-93043.json","commit":"556c9d3a8cd17e218bb8e452ba7cd619a384ff47"},"raw":{"dataType":"CVE_RECORD","dataVersion":"5.2","cveMetadata":{"cveId":"CVE-2026-93043","state":"PUBLISHED","datePublished":"2026-09-17T16:10:35.602Z","dateUpdated":"2026-10-19T09:04:38.184Z","assignerShortName":"Linux","assignerOrgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","dateReserved":"2026-09-17T15:57:05.657Z"},"containers":{"cna":{"title":"bpf: Disallow interpreter fallback for gotox insn","descriptions":[{"lang":"en","value":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nbpf: Disallow interpreter fallback for gotox insn\n\nThe interpreter does not recognize the BPF_JMP|BPF_JA|BPF_X insn, which\nis used for insn_array map. Thereafter, it would hit the BUG_ON() in\n___bpf_prog_run() at run time.\n\n[    2.563726] BPF interpreter: unknown opcode 0d (imm: 0x0)\n[    2.564557] ------------[ cut here ]------------\n[    2.565206] kernel BUG at kernel/bpf/core.c:2349!\n[    2.565882] Oops: invalid opcode: 0000 [#1] SMP PTI\n\nSet jit_required as true when insn_array map is used in the prog in\norder to disallow interpreter fallback for gotox insn in\ncore.c::__bpf_prog_select_runtime()."}],"affected":[{"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected","versions":[{"version":"493d9e0d608339a32f568504d5fd411a261bb0af","status":"affected","lessThan":"17da80d0c7b56579476b6644120bcfea778e531a","versionType":"git"},{"version":"493d9e0d608339a32f568504d5fd411a261bb0af","status":"affected","lessThan":"905f716362e1186c1a23447ca279e6d21f795cdb","versionType":"git"}],"repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["kernel/bpf/verifier.c"]},{"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected","versions":[{"version":"6.19","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","status":"unaffected","lessThan":"6.19","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"7.2.6","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"7.2.*","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"7.3","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"*","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix"}],"repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["kernel/bpf/verifier.c"]}],"references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/17da80d0c7b56579476b6644120bcfea778e531a"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/905f716362e1186c1a23447ca279e6d21f795cdb"}],"providerMetadata":{"shortName":"Linux","orgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","dateUpdated":"2026-10-19T09:04:38.184Z"},"cpeApplicability":[{"nodes":[{"operator":"OR","negate":false,"cpeMatch":[{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"6.19","versionEndExcluding":"7.2.6"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"6.19","versionEndExcluding":"7.3"}]}]}],"x_generator":{"engine":"bippy-1.2.0"}}}}}