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CVE-2026-98641

Microsoft — bpf, arm64: set up the frame pointer for the exception callback

Microsoft · Not classified by connected sources

Patch Tuesday
0

EVRS 0 of 100 Informational

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Rank 2,902 of 2,960 tracked

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Why it scores 0

Evidence available: 2 of 8 signals

No strong exploitation, disclosure, or severity signal is available for this CVE yet.

  • CISA KEVDid not apply
  • RansomwareNo data
  • Vendor exploitationNo data
  • EPSSDid not apply
  • Microsoft Exploitability IndexNo data
  • Pre-patch disclosureNo data
  • KEV recencyNo data
  • CVSSNo data

The band answers “how soon”, not “how bad”. No data for: Ransomware, Vendor exploitation, Microsoft Exploitability Index, Pre-patch disclosure, KEV recency, CVSS. Why some signals show no data

Fix

No fixed version identified yet

Affected versions

Not identified by the connected sources

Remediation

NVD lists one or more references for this CVE that aren't tagged as a patch or vendor advisory. Review them directly to confirm patch availability and applicability before making a remediation decision.

Evidence

Each value with its source
MeasureValueSource
CVSS base scoreHow severe the flaw is in itself. It does not say how likely an attack is. Not publishedNVD and the CVE record were checked and hold no score. NVD
FIRST EPSSFIRST's estimate of the chance this is exploited in the next 30 days, and how that ranks against all CVEs. 0.002 (5.7th pctl) FIRST EPSS
Actively exploitedWhether a source of record has confirmed attacks using it in the wild. Not confirmed Patch Tuesday
Public exploit moduleA module existing is not the same as active exploitation. None known Metasploit
EUVD cross-referenceENISA's record: CVSS 0.0, assigned by Linux. Listed ENISA EUVD

Description

NVD

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bpf, arm64: set up the frame pointer for the exception callback A program acting as exception boundary saves all callee-saved registers, so build_prologue() takes the exception_cb path and never calls push_callee_regs(). That is the only place find_used_callee_regs() runs, and with it the only place ctx->fp_used is set, so the callback prologue does not emit the mov x25, sp that points BPF_REG_FP at the frame the callback runs on. x25 keeps whatever it held when bpf_throw() was called. If the throw came from a subprogram that uses its own BPF stack, that is the subprogram's frame pointer, and since the subprogram never returns it never restores x25 either. Stack accesses through BPF_REG_FP are rewritten to be stack pointer relative, so those still land in the callback's own frame. Materializing the register does not: a callback that passes the address of a local variable to a helper hands over an address in the dead subprogram's frame. That address is below the callback's stack pointer by then, and the helper's own call chain covers it, so the helper can write over its own return address. 0x1234 below is the value the helper was asked to store: pc : 0x1234 lr : 0x1234 Call trace: 0x1234 (P) bpf_test_run+0x188/0x3e0 bpf_prog_test_run_skb+0x47c/0x998 __sys_bpf+0xbdc/0xdd8 Kernel panic - not syncing: Oops: Fatal exception in interrupt Set ctx->fp_used on the exception callback path so that the existing code further down sets x25 from the stack pointer. The epilogue restores it from the main program's save area along with the other callee-saved registers, as it already does. x86 sets the frame pointer for the callback from the argument it is passed, and powerpc computes it from the stack pointer.