# bpf: Don't predict JMP32 pointer vs zero comparisons

CVE record · `CVE-2026-98041`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2026-98041`
- **State:** Confirmed
- **Severity:** CVSS 7.0 High
- **Critical:** No
- **CNA:** Linux
- **Technologies:** [Linux kernel](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/linux-kernel.md)
- **Published:** 25 Sept 2026
- **Updated:** 21 Oct 2026
- **Reviewed by a person:** No

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: Linux) at 25 Sept 2026, 10:23 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known. This CVE names a vendor and product rather than a package, so the lockfile check doesn’t match it.

## Affected products, as the CNA wrote them

- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `cac616db39c207dc63465a4e05c6ce0e60b2cce4 to before 6e1544986536734166176c3add504add23bcbd15` (git)
  - affected: `cac616db39c207dc63465a4e05c6ce0e60b2cce4 to before d16f0eafcaa62e677a2b5b0dabc1f8d31dfe3d4d` (git)
  - affected: `cac616db39c207dc63465a4e05c6ce0e60b2cce4 to before e2ae33247e8b2dbe9d116d3e61cadf6d548339c6` (git)
  - affected: `cac616db39c207dc63465a4e05c6ce0e60b2cce4 to before a4d7f94c1ca914469ced665ec2f98be669aef462` (git)
  - affected: `cac616db39c207dc63465a4e05c6ce0e60b2cce4 to before e51179a4e09846f8fd0f26a05068520de2b301bf` (git)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `5.8`
  - unaffected: `before 5.8` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.6.160 to 6.6.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.12.111 to 6.12.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.18.53 to 6.18.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `7.2.7 to 7.2.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `7.3 to *, inclusive` (original_commit_for_fix)
  - Other versions: affected

## Not analysed yet

We haven’t published our own analysis of this CVE. If a person reviews it, this page will say what’s affected and what has to be true for it to matter.

## Severity and exploitation

- 7.0 High, CVSS 3.1: `CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`, from CNA (Linux)

- **CISA KEV:** Not listed.
- **EPSS:** 0.0015, the 4th percentile, on 11 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

## Timeline

This record came from the full history of the CVE Program, published 25 Sept 2026. New records show when each source confirmed them.

## Sources

- [CVE List: CVE-2026-98041](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-98041)
- [NVD: CVE-2026-98041](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-98041)

### References from the CNA

- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6e1544986536734166176c3add504add23bcbd15>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d16f0eafcaa62e677a2b5b0dabc1f8d31dfe3d4d>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e2ae33247e8b2dbe9d116d3e61cadf6d548339c6>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a4d7f94c1ca914469ced665ec2f98be669aef462>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e51179a4e09846f8fd0f26a05068520de2b301bf>

Facts on this page come from the CVE List as the CNA published them, with CVSS from the sources named above, CISA KEV and FIRST EPSS. Vendors, products and versions are shown as the CNA wrote them. We don’t reproduce the CVE’s description.

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- Everything that needs attention now: <https://agentprime.io/advisories/critical.md>

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