CVE-2026-98041
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bpf: Don't predict JMP32…
- Risk score
- 53/100
- CVSS
- 7.0 v3.1
- Exploit chance (30 days)
- 0.1%
- Published
- 25 Sep 2026
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What to know
- What it is
- In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bpf: Don't predict JMP32 pointer vs zero comparisons Consider the following program: r1 = map_value; /* low 32 bits are zero at runtime */ r6 = 0xdead000000000000; if w1 != 0 goto l1; l0: r1 += r6; r2 = *(u64 *)(r1 + 0); exit; l1: r6 = 0; goto l0; At …
- Affected
- See advisory
- Fix
- Apply the vendor's security update; see the linked advisory.
- Exploitation
- No known exploitation
Why it is Yellow
- CVSS 7.0 high
- On your watchlist: linux kernel
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6e1544986536734166176c3add504add23bcbd15
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a4d7f94c1ca914469ced665ec2f98be669aef462
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d16f0eafcaa62e677a2b5b0dabc1f8d31dfe3d4d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e2ae33247e8b2dbe9d116d3e61cadf6d548339c6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e51179a4e09846f8fd0f26a05068520de2b301bf
Original description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bpf: Don't predict JMP32 pointer vs zero comparisons Consider the following program: r1 = map_value; /* low 32 bits are zero at runtime */ r6 = 0xdead000000000000; if w1 != 0 goto l1; l0: r1 += r6; r2 = *(u64 *)(r1 + 0); exit; l1: r6 = 0; goto l0; At the moment is_branch_taken() reports the jump as always taken, because it does not distinguish between BPF_JMP and BPF_JMP32 comparisons when processing 'if w1 != 0 ...'.
Last activity 25 Sep 2026. Patch Forecast updates every hour.