CVE-2026-98590

Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-98590
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-98590.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2026-98590
Downstream
Published
2026-10-18T15:19:02Z
Modified
2026-10-19T02:46:53Z
Summary
bpf: Fix bpf_sock context code generation
Details

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

bpf: Fix bpf_sock context code generation

Currently, the ctx access code reads the rx_queue_mapping field with either a 4-byte or 2-byte load. The rest of the bits in the register are marked known zero by the verifier. However, the emitted ctx access code places in the register on certain the special value (-1) using BPF_MOV_IMM64, which gets sign-extended to turn on all the bits in the register. By shifting this value right, the program ends up with a value at runtime above what the verifier assumes is possible.

Fix this by ensuring the read value is as wide as the assumed size. Use MOV32 instructions instead of MOV64 instructions to keep the upper bits zero as assumed by the verifier. Also properly report the size of the destination variable (the bpf_sock field, 4 bytes) instead of the source (the socket field, 2 bytes).

Database specific
{
    "cna_assigner":  "Linux",
    "osv_generated_from":  "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/98xxx/CVE-2026-98590.json"
}
References

Affected packages

Git / git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
c3c16f2ea6d20159903cf93afbb1155f3d8348d5
Fixed
e3ddcf4aeb342d4de2e5761c7042270d454752de
Fixed
4a41d064facc3330e176ecbbf5b0026ed18a5c69
Fixed
70288599d1754e157df8326239316dbdf08ea33c
Fixed
ea4dc96c902ccfa49dd3e4f23c443dab4a74b018
Fixed
b3f37afc7fd7c52bc2114310aff1eb24c7cd4d73
Fixed
d95dd5a6c6cd08d5ae466d3aed27b3cf59155a6c
Fixed
84ebb991ae985149079ae9ab51b7e3ba25a9ff53
Fixed
4a4852376e3a2727ea40e61143d6d7c22bb6dfad

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-98590.json"

Linux / Kernel

Package

Name
Kernel

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
5.8.0
Fixed
5.10.271
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
5.11.0
Fixed
5.15.222
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
5.16.0
Fixed
6.1.189
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.2.0
Fixed
6.6.158
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.7.0
Fixed
6.12.112
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.13.0
Fixed
6.18.55
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.19.0
Fixed
7.2.9

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-98590.json"