CVE intelligence

CVE-2026-98041

Vulnerability intelligence

Published Sep 25, 2026Sources checked Nov 12, 2026

7.0HIGHCVSS out of 10

What this means

Review the available evidence

CVE-2026-98041 and is rated High severity with a CVSS score of 7.0. It is not in the current CISA KEV record we collected. That does not prove exploitation has not occurred.

What to do next

Remediation and response

Microsoft Security Response Center guidance

Vendor revision: Nov 7, 2026

Release Notes

Vendor-listed releases

6.6.161.1-1

CISA KEVNot listedBased on the latest collected catalog

EPSS0.1%Estimated 30-day exploitation probability

Ransomware useNot markedCISA KEV ransomware field

Threat actors0Source-linked actor relationships

Overview

What is CVE-2026-98041?

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

bpf: Don't predict JMP32 pointer vs zero comparisons

Consider the following program:

r1 = map_value; /* low 32 bits are zero at runtime */ r6 = 0xdead000000000000; if w1 != 0 goto l1; l0: r1 += r6; r2 = *(u64 *)(r1 + 0); exit; l1: r6 = 0; goto l0;

At the moment is_branch_taken() reports the jump as always taken, because it does not distinguish between BPF_JMP and BPF_JMP32 comparisons when processing 'if w1 != 0 ...'.

Source: NVD