bpf: Fix immediate JMP JEQ/JNE on MIPS32
Key facts
- Attack vector
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- Privileges required
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- User interaction
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- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
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- Fix status
- Fixed
No CVSS vector from any source. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
The Linux kernel's BPF JIT for MIPS32 emitted addu instead of addiu for immediate JMP JEQ/JNE comparisons. The immediate value 1 was read as register $at, which is mapped to BPF_REG_AX and used for constant blinding, so the comparison gave invalid results when the immediate operand was negative. The bug was found with test_bpf on MIPS32r1 emulated by QEMU. Linux kernels from 5.16 are affected, and Red Hat rates it Moderate.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-06
Description from the CNA
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bpf: Fix immediate JMP JEQ/JNE on MIPS32 An addu instruction was emitted instead of addiu, causing the immediate value 1 to be interpreted as register $at. This made the comparison result invalid when the immediate operand was negative. Note that $at is mapped to BPF_REG_AX, which is used for constant blinding. Fix the instruction to use the immediate form. Found with test_bpf on MIPS32r1 emulated by QEMU.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
Remediation
Update to a fixed Linux kernel: 6.1.189, 6.6.158, 6.12.112, 6.18.55, 7.2.9, or 7.3. The fix changes the instruction to the immediate form.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-06
- Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 6.1.189, 6.6.158, 6.12.112, 6.18.55, 7.2.9, 7.3
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
Not affected: 7 products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 5
Timeline
- 2026-10-18 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-98572
- 2026-10-18 Alias added: GHSA-jqhp-gcf3-75rx
- 2026-10-19 Fix available: Linux/[email protected] · CNA
- 2026-10-20 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
- 2026-10-20 CVSS score added · Red Hat
- 2026-11-06 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
References
Other 6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1547e9f3a7d71971216e6dba30270cae13fe4e02
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/beeae92e70e705e90a0d6d9b3b8498ee3b92f495
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6f939529ed6c580e9b6c5daa20be67fa0b3d4cf0
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/876ef04c75c2751acfd355606fca3eced71dec65
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1bd91670966a7142ac94f2cebe2b5ae6bf5cb0c8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/db762fd96be225bd06161c9631160c755d891693
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Sources
- CVE-2026-98572 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-98572 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-jqhp-gcf3-75rx · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-98572 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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