CVE-2026-98925 json
bpf, sockmap: Fix self-redirect copied_seq double-counting
published 19d ago modified 19d ago also EUVD-2026-108891
- cvss
- —
- not scored
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.2%
- EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 8%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
bpf, sockmap: Fix self-redirect copied_seq double-counting
When a BPF stream_verdict program redirects an skb back to the same socket (self-redirect with BPF_F_INGRESS), sk_psock_verdict_apply() calls tcp_eat_skb() which advances tcp_sk->copied_seq. However, the skb is then delivered to the socket's psock ingress queue and later read by tcp_bpf_recvmsg_parser(), which also advances copied_seq via the copied_from_self accounting path. This double-counting causes copied_seq to advance by 2x the actual data length, triggering:
TCP recvmsg seq # bug 2: copied BF2E806, seq BF2E7FD, \ rcvnxt BF2E806, fl 0 WARNING: net/ipv4/tcp.c:2745 at tcp_recvmsg_locked+0x72b/0x2640 Call Trace: tcp_recvmsg+0x10a/0x500 sock_recvmsg+0x168/0x1d0 __sys_recvfrom+0x19a/0x2a0 __x64_sys_recvfrom+0xe4/0x1f0 do_syscall_64+0xf7/0x530 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
cleanup rbuf bug: copied BF2E806 seq BF2E806 rcvnxt BF2E806 WARNING: net/ipv4/tcp.c:1609 at tcp_cleanup_rbuf+0xf2/0x1c0 Call Trace: tcp_recvmsg_locked+0x8d1/0x2640 tcp_recvmsg+0x10a/0x500 sock_recvmsg+0x168/0x1d0 __sys_recvfrom+0x19a/0x2a0 __x64_sys_recvfrom+0xe4/0x1f0 do_syscall_64+0xf7/0x530 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
Fix this by converting self-redirect verdict to __SK_PASS at the beginning of sk_psock_verdict_apply(). This bypasses the __SK_REDIRECT case entirely (which calls sk_psock_eat_skb), letting the __SK_PASS path queue the skb to the psock ingress queue. The data is then read via tcp_bpf_recvmsg_parser(), which advances copied_seq exactly once through copied_from_self. Cross-socket redirects continue through __SK_REDIRECT with sk_psock_eat_skb() unchanged.
Patch / fix
- Linux Linux 6.1.189, 6.4, 7.3
- linux Debian 12 6.1.190-1
- linux Debian 13 6.12.113-1
- linux Debian 14 7.2.9-1
debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2026-98925
- linux Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 7.0.0-42.42
- linux-aws Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 7.0.0-1016.17
- linux-gcp Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 7.0.0-1016.18
- linux-ibm Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 7.0.0-1017.17
- linux-riscv Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 7.0.0-42.42.1
- linux-oracle Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 7.0.0-1015.16
- linux-hwe-7.0 Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 7.0.0-42.42~24.04.1
- linux-oem-7.0 Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 7.0.0-1017.17
ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2026-98925
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- kernel Azure Linux 3.0 6.6.159.1-1
azure linux advisories AZL-110995
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- git.kernel.org/stable/c/cf9aefb26a071cb8b6fdd761c27e022a1184946d commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/dc98def81e3c629e25fcdd5753b1db93aab27ce9 commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/ef6f2182fee6b9721c005ccfc6aec0a47f79bbfa commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/ae1ffd04e98beefbe5d83335d506b0bcd5c2a6b3 commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/88942054191185c6f8bea5568cbb5614d1e99af9 commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/490a83d6386eec1d29f470c8d7331677fb46c3b7 commit
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red hat product security vex CVE-2026-98925 updated cvss 4.4
kernel: bpf, sockmap: Fix self-redirect copied_seq double-counting
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 kernelaffected: no fix available “Fix deferred”
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 perf, kernel, python-perf, kernel-kdump, kernel-firmware, kernel-bootwrapper, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, python-perf, kernel-kdump, +8 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, kernel-core, kernel-tools, +29 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 rv, perf, rtla, kernel, bpftool, libperf, +83 more Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-8, openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-9 Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 5 openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-9not affected: vulnerable code not present
Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf
Exploit prediction
0.19% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 8% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-11).
Affected products
- Linux Linux
Classification
- Technology feeds
References
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/cf9aefb26a071cb8b6fdd761c27e022a1184946d
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/dc98def81e3c629e25fcdd5753b1db93aab27ce9
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/ef6f2182fee6b9721c005ccfc6aec0a47f79bbfa
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/ae1ffd04e98beefbe5d83335d506b0bcd5c2a6b3
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/88942054191185c6f8bea5568cbb5614d1e99af9
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/490a83d6386eec1d29f470c8d7331677fb46c3b7
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2026-98925
- NVD CVE-2026-98925
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