Unintended Reentrant Invocation of Non-reentrant Code Via Nested Calls Affecting perf6.18-debuginfo package, versions <1:6.18.54-121.166.amzn2023
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- published29 Oct 2026
- disclosed23 Oct 2026
Introduced: 23 Oct 2026
NewCVE-2026-98888 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2023 perf6.18-debuginfo to version 1:6.18.54-121.166.amzn2023 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2023-2026-3192.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream perf6.18-debuginfo package and not the perf6.18-debuginfo package as distributed by Amazon-Linux.
See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2023 relevant fixed versions and status.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
arm64: kprobes: Allow reentering kprobes while single-stepping
A kprobe can be hit while another kprobe is in KPROBE_HIT_SS state. This can happen when tracing or perf code runs from the debug exception path while the first kprobe is preparing or executing its out-of-line single-step instruction.
Currently arm64 treats a kprobe hit in KPROBE_HIT_SS as unrecoverable, the same as a hit in KPROBE_REENTER. This is too strict. A hit in KPROBE_HIT_SS is still a one-level reentry and can be handled by saving the current kprobe state and setting up single-step for the new probe, just like reentry from KPROBE_HIT_ACTIVE or KPROBE_HIT_SSDONE.
The truly unrecoverable case is hitting another kprobe while already in KPROBE_REENTER, because the reentry save area has already been consumed.
Move KPROBE_HIT_SS to the recoverable reentry cases and leave KPROBE_REENTER as the unrecoverable nested reentry case.
This change also requires saving saved_irqflag in struct prev_kprobe. When a nested kprobe calls kprobes_save_local_irqflag(), it overwrites kcb->saved_irqflag with the currently masked DAIF value, losing the outer kprobe's original DAIF state. Without this fix, when the outer kprobe's single-step finishes, kprobes_restore_local_irqflag() applies the wrong DAIF mask and leaves interrupts permanently disabled.
Extend struct prev_kprobe with a saved_irqflag field and save/restore it alongside kp and status. This ensures the outer kprobe's original interrupt state is preserved across reentry.
This mirrors the x86 fix in commit 6a5022a56ac3 ("kprobes/x86: Allow to handle reentered kprobe on single-stepping").
References
- http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2026-98888
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1f342b3e44c3035a837b53b217d816f7511c0d0a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/23f851ac0078a908bf3422d6467ebc1db5828c46
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/68774caca799e9695db56d426c69acebd041c2ed
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a21bf9cb893126e8d9730995708d0be5eb167652
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bb0fe9121aa0824211aafa33c7d0151fd25ddb75
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c8e84e292ed4cfc199824146da71bb4397b02a1f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f96a0606de6bcc8d937b80e6470fd7a174c17e26