{"schema":"threatline.record/2","record":{"id":"CVE-2026-98228","aliases":[],"summary":"mips: select CONFIG_WEAK_REORDERING_BEYOND_LLSC from CONFIG_EYEQ","details":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nmips: select CONFIG_WEAK_REORDERING_BEYOND_LLSC from CONFIG_EYEQ\n\nOn I6500 CPU cores, lld and scd give no ordering guarantees (same as all\nother instructions). To respect the assumption that arch_cmpxchg() is\nfully ordered, we must inject sync instructions above and below our\nlld/scd loops using the already in place WEAK_REORDERING_BEYOND_LLSC\ninfrastructure.\n\nOtherwise, bad things can happen:\n\n[   34.054496] CPU 3 Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address 0000000000000000, epc == a80000080838e01c, ra == a80000080838dfc4\n[   34.054559] Oops[#1]:\n[   34.069561] CPU: 3 UID: 0 PID: 170 Comm: pipe_race Not tainted 7.2.0-rc6-01553-gb73c35220968-dirty #103 VOLUNTARY\n[   34.079932] Hardware name: Mobile EyeQ5 MP5 Evaluation board\n[   34.085592] $ 0   : 0000000000000000 0000000000000001 0000000000000000 0000000000000000\n[   34.093616] $ 4   : a800000808ee2618 000000000b7a879d 0000000000001000 0000000000000000\n[   34.101638] $ 8   : 0000000000e3f2c9 0000000000000000 a800000808a2a9f8 0000000000000000\n[   34.109660] $12   : a8000008139ffcd8 ffffffff84080018 a80000080837fae0 7878787878787878\n[   34.117682] $16   : a800000807e82940 0000000000001000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000\n[   34.125704] $20   : a800000802920e00 a8000008139ffdf8 a800000802649400 0000000000e3f2c9\n[   34.133726] $24   : 0000000000000006 00000001200406e0\n[   34.141783] $28   : a8000008139fc000 a8000008139ffd10 0000000000e3f2c8 a80000080838dfc4\n[   34.149837] epc   : a80000080838e01c anon_pipe_read+0xd4/0x428\n[   34.155697] ra    : a80000080838dfc4 anon_pipe_read+0x7c/0x428\n[   34.161549] Status: 140000e3  KX SX UX KERNEL EXL IE\n[   34.166551] Cause : 40800408 (ExcCode 02)\n[   34.170574] BadVA : 0000000000000000\n[   34.174161] PrId  : 0001b028 (MIPS I6500)\n[   34.178183] Process pipe_race (pid: 170, threadinfo=000000005ca35720, task=00000000e1013890, tls=000000014ebbb780)\n[   34.188568] Stack : a800000802649400 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 a8000008139ffdd0\n[   34.196623]\t 0000000000000fba a800000808ee0000 0000000000000001 a8000008130c3e80\n[   34.204676]\t a8000008080d1280 a8000008139ffd58 a8000008139ffd58 1dbd2b22ea1dd500\n[   34.212729]\t a800000802649400 a800000808ee0000 ffffffffffffffea 0000000000000001\n[   34.220783]\t 0000000000001000 0000000000000000 00000001200ae518 ffffffffffffffff\n[   34.228836]\t 000000fffbe0e530 a80000080837edf4 000000fffbe0e530 0000000000000000\n[   34.236890]\t 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 000000014ebb55a0 0000000000001000\n[   34.244943]\t 0000000000000001 a800000802649400 0000000000000000 0000000000000000\n[   34.252996]\t 0000000000000000 0000400400000000 0000000000000000 1dbd2b22ea1dd500\n[   34.261049]\t 00000000140000e3 a800000802649400 a800000802649400 a800000808ee0000\n[   34.269103]\t ...\n[   34.271568] Call Trace:\n[   34.274026] [<a80000080838e01c>] anon_pipe_read+0xd4/0x428\n[   34.279533] [<a80000080837edf4>] vfs_read+0x25c/0x318\n[   34.284607] [<a80000080837faac>] ksys_read+0x104/0x138\n[   34.289763] [<a80000080802b9cc>] syscall_common+0x44/0x68\n[   34.295187]\n[   34.296689] Code: f84000cf  02209825  de020010 <dc420000> d8400004  02002825  0040f809  02802025  f84000c3\n[   34.306504]\n[   34.308099] ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---\n\nMy initial reproducer was the xdp-tools test suite. A standalone\nreproducer would be an lld/scd loop that, when the read is reordered by\nthe CPU, triggers a fault. We can achieve this from userspace by\nstressing an anonymous pipe, which uses a mutex. Program used:\n\n\t// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0\n\t// pipe_race.c - reproducer for MIPS LL/SC reordering vs fs/pipe.c\n\t//\n\t// Two userspace processes on an anonymous pipe:\n\t//   parent  = writer: tight write() loop\n\t//   child   = reader: tight read() loop\n\n\t#define _GNU_SOURCE\n\t#include <assert.h>\n\t#include <errno.h>\n\t#include <sched.h>\n\t#include <signal.h>\n\t#include <stdio.h>\n\t#include <stdlib.h>\n\t#include <string.h>\n\t#include <sys/types.h>\n\t#include\n---truncated---","categories":["Operating systems"],"product":"Linux","vendor":"Linux","ecosystem":null,"affected_ranges":[{"source":"CVE List","source_url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-98228","source_modified_at":"2026-10-19T09:15:59.955Z","fetched_at":"2026-10-23T18:45:31.882637Z","product":"Linux","vendor":"Linux","versions":[{"version":"fbe0fae601b780622fcb7034a479fa161645b9f4","lessThan":"3f017c2ca8c31a1e135dd87be647096866d6b196","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"fbe0fae601b780622fcb7034a479fa161645b9f4","lessThan":"bbc448c541ed90d52f9ec22f17394304e3bf170e","status":"affected","versionType":"git"}],"defaultStatus":"unaffected"},{"source":"CVE List","source_url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-98228","source_modified_at":"2026-10-19T09:15:59.955Z","fetched_at":"2026-10-23T18:45:31.882637Z","product":"Linux","vendor":"Linux","versions":[{"version":"6.11","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","lessThan":"6.11","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"7.2.8","lessThanOrEqual":"7.2.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"7.3","lessThanOrEqual":"*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix"}],"defaultStatus":"affected"}],"fixed_versions":[{"source":"CVE List","source_url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-98228","source_modified_at":"2026-10-19T09:15:59.955Z","fetched_at":"2026-10-23T18:45:31.882637Z","package":{"name":"Linux","ecosystem":null},"version":"3f017c2ca8c31a1e135dd87be647096866d6b196","basis":"first unaffected version stated in the CVE record"}],"cvss":7.8,"severity":"High","kev":{"listed":false},"epss":{"probability":0.0012,"percentile":0.01748,"score_date":"2026-10-23"},"published_at":"2026-10-06T08:45:03.154Z","modified_at":"2026-10-19T09:15:59.955Z","provenance":[{"source":"CVE List","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-98228","fetched_at":"2026-10-23T18:45:31.882637Z","source_modified_at":"2026-10-19T09:15:59.955Z"},{"source":"EPSS","url":"https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2026-98228","fetched_at":"2026-10-23T18:42:43.628194Z","source_modified_at":"2026-10-23"}],"sources":["CVE List","EPSS"],"references":[{"source":"CVE List","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3f017c2ca8c31a1e135dd87be647096866d6b196"},{"source":"CVE List","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bbc448c541ed90d52f9ec22f17394304e3bf170e"}],"locations":[],"motoko_assessment":{"status":"requires_architecture_review","automatic_remediation":false},"cve_state":"PUBLISHED","cvss_source":"CVE List","classification":{"method":"product-first software-layer rules","rules_version":"2.1","matched_on":"product","confidence":"heuristic","reviewed":false},"change_timestamp":"2026-10-19T09:15:59.955Z","content_hash":"d49f91bc534048a6c0710cd42d71c9e00168010fbaa3e6713884a57c9d6f24d3"}}