# CVE-2026-98572: bpf: Fix immediate JMP JEQ/JNE on MIPS32

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 6.1.189, 6.6.158, 6.12.112, 6.18.55, 7.2.9
- Published: 2026-10-18 · Updated: 2026-10-19

## Affected

- Linux: from eb63cfcd2ee8ec3805f6881f43341f589c3d2278, fixed in 1547e9f3a7d71971216e6dba30270cae13fe4e02; from eb63cfcd2ee8ec3805f6881f43341f589c3d2278, fixed in beeae92e70e705e90a0d6d9b3b8498ee3b92f495; from eb63cfcd2ee8ec3805f6881f43341f589c3d2278, fixed in 6f939529ed6c580e9b6c5daa20be67fa0b3d4cf0; from eb63cfcd2ee8ec3805f6881f43341f589c3d2278, fixed in 876ef04c75c2751acfd355606fca3eced71dec65; from eb63cfcd2ee8ec3805f6881f43341f589c3d2278, fixed in 1bd91670966a7142ac94f2cebe2b5ae6bf5cb0c8; from eb63cfcd2ee8ec3805f6881f43341f589c3d2278, fixed in db762fd96be225bd06161c9631160c755d891693
- Linux: 5.16
- Kernel (Linux): from 5.16.0, fixed in 6.1.189; from 6.2.0, fixed in 6.6.158; from 6.7.0, fixed in 6.12.112; from 6.13.0, fixed in 6.18.55; from 6.19.0, fixed in 7.2.9

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bpf: Fix immediate JMP JEQ/JNE on MIPS32 An addu instruction was emitted instead of addiu, causing the immediate value 1 to be interpreted as register $at. This made the comparison result invalid when the immediate operand was negative. Note that $at is mapped to BPF_REG_AX, which is used for constant blinding. Fix the instruction to use the immediate form. Found with test_bpf on MIPS32r1 emulated by QEMU.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Linux kernel, upgrade to a fixed version (6.1.189, 6.6.158, 6.12.112, 6.18.55, 7.2.9) per the references below.
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## Related

- Browse: [Linux kernel](https://cve.now/tech/linux-kernel.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1547e9f3a7d71971216e6dba30270cae13fe4e02
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/beeae92e70e705e90a0d6d9b3b8498ee3b92f495
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6f939529ed6c580e9b6c5daa20be67fa0b3d4cf0
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/876ef04c75c2751acfd355606fca3eced71dec65
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1bd91670966a7142ac94f2cebe2b5ae6bf5cb0c8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/db762fd96be225bd06161c9631160c755d891693

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