CVE-2026-98085 affecting package kernel 6.6.157.1-1

{
  "id": "581fa5dc7b44d1667fddfa30f84b5ecb5af2b30bdc493bbfa8b806b4d4139625",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/AZL-104613",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2026-98085 affecting package kernel 6.6.157.1-1",
    "summary": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bpf: backtrack_insn(): Handle ld_{abs,ind} subprog exit edge Nicholas Carlini reported a bug in precision backtracking mechanism for BPF_LD | BPF_{IND,ABS} instructions. These instructions are modelled as two branches: - fallthrough; - implicit exit from current subprogram. The implicit exit case was not handled by the backtrack_insn() function. When backtracking such a path backtrack_insn() did not call bt_subprog_enter(), which meant that backtracking continued manipulating precision marks in a caller frame, while looking at instructions in a callee frame. This lead to segmentation faults during verification (see the selftest), or unsound state pruning.",
    "evidence": "osv:AZL-104613",
    "products": [
      {
        "name": {
          "value": "kernel",
          "evidence": "/affected/0/package/name"
        },
        "prerequisites": [],
        "fixed_versions": [],
        "affected_versions": []
      }
    ],
    "severity": "unknown",
    "structured": {
      "id": "AZL-104613",
      "aliases": [
        "AZL-104613"
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "type": "ECOSYSTEM",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "6.6.157.1-1"
                }
              ]
            }
          ],
          "package": {
            "name": "kernel",
            "purl": "pkg:rpm/azure-linux/kernel",
            "ecosystem": "Azure Linux:3"
          },
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData/blob/main/osv/AZL-104613.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-22T05:35:55Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "upstream": [
        "CVE-2026-98085"
      ],
      "references": [
        "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-98085"
      ]
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2026-98085",
        "evidence": "/upstream"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": null
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 404431,
  "published_at": "2026-09-25T11:17:38+00:00"
}