CVE-2026-90306
Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
Unavailable / Other
Publication date:
17/09/2026
Last modified:
21/09/2026
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:<br />
<br />
ARM: 9481/2: breakpoint: CFI breakpoints only on demand<br />
<br />
This removes the stub hw_breakpoint_cfi_handler() from ARM, making<br />
it not steal breakpoint type 0x03 (ARM_ENTRY_CFI_BREAKPOINT) unless<br />
CFI is actively used in the kernel.<br />
<br />
When not instrumenting with CFI, or when a breakpoint is issued in<br />
userspace, we fall through to return 1 from hw_breakpoint_pending()<br />
"unhandled fault" so userspace can make use of this breakpoint.<br />
<br />
Tested with LKDTM and this command line:<br />
echo CFI_FORWARD_PROTO > /sys/kernel/debug/provoke-crash/DIRECT<br />
still works as expected.


