CVE-2026-98149
No exploitation reported by the sources we read.
- Published2026-09-25
- Fixed in7.2.7
- WeaknessCWE-125
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Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bpf: Fix percpu map update indexing with sparse CPU IDs Per-CPU array, hash, and cgroup storage map updates without BPF_F_CPU or BPF_F_ALL_CPUS use a value buffer whose per-CPU slots are packed in possible-CPU order. The buffer is sized as: round_up(value_size, 8) * num_possible_cpus() The update paths iterate over possible CPUs, but use the logical CPU ID to calculate the source offset: value + size * cpu This only works when possible CPU IDs are contiguous starting at zero. For example, with a possible CPU mask of 0,2-3, the buffer contains three slots corresponding to CPUs 0, 2, and 3. CPU2 is therefore expected to use slot 1 and CPU3 slot 2. Instead, the current code uses slots 2 and 3 respectively, causing incorrect per-CPU values and an out-of-bounds read from the update buffer for CPU3. The corresponding lookup paths already use a dense offset while iterating over possible CPUs. Do the same for the array, hash, and cgroup storage update paths, advancing the source offset once for each possible CPU. BPF_F_ALL_CPUS continues to use the same value for every CPU.
Timeline
dates in UTC- 2026-09-2511:17CVE publishedNVD
Observed activity
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Versions per branch
NVD| Branch | Affected | Fixed in | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.x | ≥ 7.0, < 7.2.7 | 7.2.7 | NVD |
| 7.3 | = 7.3 | no fix published | NVD |
as publishedRanges as NVD and OSV publish them; a distribution’s build can be fixed under an older number.
Distribution builds and vendor advisories
Packages from OSV.dev and products from the vendors' CSAF advisories.
version not verifiedVersions not verified: read as OSV.dev and the vendors publish them, not checked against each vendor's release list.
Vendor advisories
- CVE-2026-98149 Red Hat Product Security
kernel: bpf: Fix percpu map update indexing with sparse CPU IDs
Fix
- Update Linux linux kernel to 7.2.7
Advisories and patches
- git.kernel.orgPatch
- git.kernel.orgPatch
Detection
- Nuclei template
- none so far ProjectDiscovery
- Exploit-DB
- no entry Exploit-DB
- Proof-of-concept repositories
- none listed PoC-in-GitHub
Sources
- NVDCVSS 3.17.8read 2026-10-23
- NVDweakness (CWE)CWE-125read 2026-10-23
- FIRST EPSSEPSS score0.1 %2026-10-22
Technical details
- CVSS v3 Vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Published
- 2026-09-25
- Last Modified
- 2026-10-21
- NVD status
- Analyzed
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