Linux Kernel up to 6.6.130/6.12.79/6.18.20/6.19.10 abs out-of-bounds

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in Linux Kernel up to 6.6.130/6.12.79/6.18.20/6.19.10. This impacts the function abs. This manipulation causes out-of-bounds. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2026-31525. There is no available exploit. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Linux Kernel up to 6.6.130/6.12.79/6.18.20/6.19.10. It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is the function abs. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a out-of-bounds vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-125. The product reads data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bpf: Fix undefined behavior in interpreter sdiv/smod for INT_MIN The BPF interpreter's signed 32-bit division and modulo handlers use the kernel abs() macro on s32 operands. The abs() macro documentation (include/linux/math.h) explicitly states the result is undefined when the input is the type minimum. When DST contains S32_MIN (0x80000000), abs((s32)DST) triggers undefined behavior and returns S32_MIN unchanged on arm64/x86. This value is then sign-extended to u64 as 0xFFFFFFFF80000000, causing do_div() to compute the wrong result. The verifier's abstract interpretation (scalar32_min_max_sdiv) computes the mathematically correct result for range tracking, creating a verifier/interpreter mismatch that can be exploited for out-of-bounds map value access. Introduce abs_s32() which handles S32_MIN correctly by casting to u32 before negating, avoiding signed overflow entirely. Replace all 8 abs((s32)...) call sites in the interpreter's sdiv32/smod32 handlers. s32 is the only affected case -- the s64 division/modulo handlers do not use abs().

The advisory is shared at git.kernel.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2026-31525 since 03/09/2026. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 318102 (openSUSE 16 Security Update : kernel (openSUSE-SU-2026:20826-1)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 6.6.131, 6.12.80, 6.18.21 or 6.19.11 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch 694ea55f1b1c74f9942d91ec366ae9e822422e42/9ab1227765c446942f290c83382f0b19887c55cf/f14ca604c0ff274fba19f73f1f0485c0047c1396/0d5d8c3ce45c734aaf3c51cbef59155a6746157d/c77b30bd1dcb61f66c640ff7d2757816210c7cb0 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at git.kernel.org. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (318102) and CERT Bund (WID-SEC-2026-1252). Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

Affected

• Google Container-Optimized OS
• Debian Linux
• Amazon Linux 2
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux
• Ubuntu Linux
• SUSE Linux
• Oracle Linux
• SUSE openSUSE
• RESF Rocky Linux
• Open Source Linux Kernel
• Siemens SIMATIC S7
• Proxmox Virtual Environment

Productinfo

Type

• Operating System

Vendor

• Linux

Name

• Kernel

Version

• 6.6.130
• 6.12.0
• 6.12.1
• 6.12.2
• 6.12.3
• 6.12.4
• 6.12.5
• 6.12.6
• 6.12.7
• 6.12.8
• 6.12.9
• 6.12.10
• 6.12.11
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• 6.12.20
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• 6.12.24
• 6.12.25
• 6.12.26
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• 6.12.70
• 6.12.71
• 6.12.72
• 6.12.73
• 6.12.74
• 6.12.75
• 6.12.76
• 6.12.77
• 6.12.78
• 6.12.79
• 6.18.0
• 6.18.1
• 6.18.2
• 6.18.3
• 6.18.4
• 6.18.5
• 6.18.6
• 6.18.7
• 6.18.8
• 6.18.9
• 6.18.10
• 6.18.11
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• 6.18.18
• 6.18.19
• 6.18.20
• 6.19.0
• 6.19.1
• 6.19.2
• 6.19.3
• 6.19.4
• 6.19.5
• 6.19.6
• 6.19.7
• 6.19.8
• 6.19.9
• 6.19.10

License

• open-source

Website

• Vendor: https://www.kernel.org/

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