# CVE-2026-98816: bpf: Fix overflow of jump offset in constant blinding

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 7.2.10
- Published: 2026-10-18 · Updated: 2026-10-19

## Affected

- Linux: from 4f3446bb809f20ad56cadf712e6006815ae7a8f9, fixed in 443328237113ee0ea515e506497334d871dbc2aa; from 4f3446bb809f20ad56cadf712e6006815ae7a8f9, fixed in ad139384ecddb6f3e7e3c3c12765aafae0e39670
- Linux: 4.7
- Kernel (Linux): from 4.7.0, fixed in 7.2.10

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bpf: Fix overflow of jump offset in constant blinding bpf_jit_blind_insn() rewrites 'if rX op imm goto off' into: AX = imm ^ rnd AX ^= rnd if rX op AX goto off and subtracts 2 from off when the jump is backward. off is s16, so -32767 and -32768 wrap and the jump goes 32767 insns forward, past the end of the prog. The jump is inside the patch, hence bpf_adj_branches() doesn't check it. The kernel crashes when such prog runs with bpf_jit_harden=2. Return -ERANGE in such case. bpf_jit_blind_constants() fails the same way when blinding of other insns moves a jump out of range.

## What to do

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/443328237113ee0ea515e506497334d871dbc2aa
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ad139384ecddb6f3e7e3c3c12765aafae0e39670

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