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arm64: process: Fix context switching MTE store-only tag check

Type: advisorySources: OSV

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: arm64: process: Fix context switching MTE store-only tag check SCTLR_EL1.TCSO0 is set when user opt-in for MTE store-only tag check mode. However, it is not part of SCTLR_USER_MASK which imply that on context switch we never clear SCTLR_EL1.TCSO0, so we are leaking that setting into another task. Fix that by including SCTLR_EL1_TCSO0_MASK into SCTLR_USER_MASK

Products
Kernel
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
6.18.52, 7.2.6
CVEs
CVE-2026-90094
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
8 Nov 2026, 01:45 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

arm64: process: Fix context switching MTE store-only tag check

core-osv · Original source

Published 17 Sept 2026, 16:06 UTC

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: arm64: process: Fix context switching MTE store-only tag check SCTLR_EL1.TCSO0 is set when user opt-in for MTE store-only tag check mode. However, it is not part of SCTLR_USER_MASK which imply that on context switch we never clear SCTLR_EL1.TCSO0, so we are leaking that setting into another task. Fix that by including SCTLR_EL1_TCSO0_MASK into SCTLR_USER_MASK

osv:CVE-2026-90094

Kernel

Fixed versions: 6.18.52, 7.2.6

Complete source record
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