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CVE-2026-99236

2 November 2026

A non-empty expression normally finishes in predicate_parse()'s inner loop, which resolves the pending logical operators before jumping to finalization. If the input ends after an operator, possibly followed by unary '!' tokens, the outer loop instead falls through with unresolved operator state.

For example, "common_pid == 1 || common_pid == 2 &&" leaves prog[0].target equal to -1. The second pass then reads prog[-1] before the forward-jump check can reject it. Depending on adjacent slab contents, it can also copy an out-of-bounds word into a branch target that passes the forward-only check. A self-targeted perf tracepoint counting event can reach this path through PERF_EVENT_IOC_SET_FILTER.

Reject the outer-loop fallthrough when a predicate has already been parsed. This ensures that non-empty expressions only reach finalization after the inner loop has resolved their operators. Keep the existing no-filter error for input that has no predicates. Add a regression test for trailing logical operators and unary negations.

Introduced

4.17 80765597bc587feae8dbc8ce97a0f32e12a6e625

Fixed releases

5.10.273 4a1a6d35359991c5d47f4bf101cfbe1475c94093

5.15.224 2a98f5d4913ec081e08e1075512cb7ec313d9f72

6.1.191 15ff3cc7f2beecc3f95d66358f20ad7b057466aa

6.12.115 5a999b5a16530898f0dbe5f8c50fd45ea72e110b

6.18.60 1008e9e0b8280d47f1ab5e9c113f666a023a9697

6.6.161 b205ff58e02922ac324f931cf9eb238a3acdb048

7.2.14 64993d970dde2a2da353e9e99595a4fa88ec27d9

7.3.1 5bcdf3c18c3471122ee9652b0e2f5cdb718d9a46

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