CVE-2026-98951
riscv: ptrace: Zero-initialize regset buffers before copyin
CVSS Score
0.0
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: riscv: ptrace: Zero-initialize regset buffers before copyin user_regset_copyin() only copies `count` bytes, so a PTRACE_SETREGSET request with a short iov_len leaves the rest of the stack buffer uninitialized. In riscv_vr_set() that garbage is validated and copied into the target's vstate, and in riscv_cfi_set() it can be stored as the target's shadow stack pointer. Zero both buffers, as the get path already does.
| Vendor | linux |
| Product | linux |
| Ecosystems | |
| Industries | Technology |
| Published | Oct 23, 2026 |
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Affected Versions
Linux / Linux
9300f00439743c4a34d735e1a27118eb68a1504e < 89fc70d73f4ac8781f9e15edd1dbc6b6088453b3 9300f00439743c4a34d735e1a27118eb68a1504e < 59052a88ba5fe4a7bb34b3a0a42aa5d453d3bb97 f2a9cd050901c4734bc175294c3bd6a40a1a9e99 6.5.3 < 6.6
Linux / Linux
6.6