Description
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.
Affected products
linux: linux kernel
References6
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/25dbcd31781e2bc3cd63d873af1fcd06f863a126 Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/52440e15d9628f8f239373c0f2e5e8f92feea2df Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/8a4c8af9ae67eb072d90d1b339f14d27a82bd2a1 Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/9354248fc1c33a844ca1872761f6668b393e8c37 Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/a3af84b0fa00ead01fcd0e28b5d773ff25990a0d Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/cb27f3bf915cc0f20fc0c48da9059304e39ebd35 Patch
Metrics
- CVSS 3.1
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5.5
MEDIUM
Score source: NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - EPSS — exploit probability
- 0% percentile: 8 · as of 13 November 2026
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