CVE-2026-98149

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{"bugzilla": {"description": "kernel: bpf: Fix percpu map update indexing with sparse CPU IDs", "id": "2541333", "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2541333"}, "csaw": false, "cvss3": {"cvss3_base_score": "5.5", "cvss3_scoring_vector": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H", "status": "draft"}, "cwe": "CWE-125", "details": ["In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\nbpf: Fix percpu map update indexing with sparse CPU IDs\nPer-CPU array, hash, and cgroup storage map updates without BPF_F_CPU\nor BPF_F_ALL_CPUS use a value buffer whose per-CPU slots are packed in\npossible-CPU order. The buffer is sized as:\nround_up(value_size, 8) * num_possible_cpus()\nThe update paths iterate over possible CPUs, but use the logical CPU ID\nto calculate the source offset:\nvalue + size * cpu\nThis only works when possible CPU IDs are contiguous starting at zero.\nFor example, with a possible CPU mask of 0,2-3, the buffer contains\nthree slots corresponding to CPUs 0, 2, and 3. CPU2 is therefore\nexpected to use slot 1 and CPU3 slot 2. Instead, the current code uses\nslots 2 and 3 respectively, causing incorrect per-CPU values and an\nout-of-bounds read from the update buffer for CPU3.\nThe corresponding lookup paths already use a dense offset while\niterating over possible CPUs. Do the same for the array, hash, and\ncgroup storage update paths, advancing the source offset once for each\npossible CPU. BPF_F_ALL_CPUS continues to use the same value for every\nCPU.", "A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's BPF (Berkeley Packet Filter) subsystem. When updating per-CPU maps on systems configured with non-contiguous CPU identifiers, the kernel incorrectly calculates memory offsets using logical processor IDs instead of dense buffer positions. A local user can exploit this issue to trigger an out-of-bounds memory read, potentially leading to data disclosure or a system crash resulting in a Denial of Service (DoS)."], "name": "CVE-2026-98149", "package_state": [{"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "kernel", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "kernel", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "kernel", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "kernel-rt", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "kernel", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "kernel-rt", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "kernel", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "kernel-rt", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/a:redhat:openshift:4", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-8", "product_name": "Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/a:redhat:openshift:4", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-9", "product_name": "Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4"}], "public_date": "2026-09-25T00:00:00Z", "references": ["https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-98149\nhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-98149\nhttps://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/security/vulns.git/plain/cve/published/2026/CVE-2026-98149.mbox"], "threat_severity": "Moderate"}

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