---
id: CVE-2026-98228
title: |-
  In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

  mips: select CONFIG_WEAK_REORDERING_BEYOND_LLSC from CONFIG_EYEQ

  On I6500 CPU cores, lld and scd give no ordering guarantees (same as all
  other instructions)
summary: |-
  In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

  mips: select CONFIG_WEAK_REORDERING_BEYOND_LLSC from CONFIG_EYEQ

  On I6500 CPU cores, lld and scd give no ordering guarantees (same as all
  other instructions). To respe…
severity: none
vendor: Linux
product: Linux
affected:
  - >-
    Linux >= fbe0fae601b780622fcb7034a479fa161645b9f4 <
    3f017c2ca8c31a1e135dd87be647096866d6b196
  - >-
    Linux >= fbe0fae601b780622fcb7034a479fa161645b9f4 <
    bbc448c541ed90d52f9ec22f17394304e3bf170e
  - Linux 6.11
published: '2026-10-06'
updated: '2026-10-06'
sourceUpdated: '2026-10-06T09:18:10.110'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-98228'
references:
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3f017c2ca8c31a1e135dd87be647096866d6b196'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bbc448c541ed90d52f9ec22f17394304e3bf170e'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
tags:
  - nvd
  - cve.org
ingestedAt: '2026-10-06T08:50:17.437Z'
---

## Overview

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

mips: select CONFIG_WEAK_REORDERING_BEYOND_LLSC from CONFIG_EYEQ

On I6500 CPU cores, lld and scd give no ordering guarantees (same as all
other instructions). To respect the assumption that arch_cmpxchg() is
fully ordered, we must inject sync instructions above and below our
lld/scd loops using the already in place WEAK_REORDERING_BEYOND_LLSC
infrastructure.

Otherwise, bad things can happen:

[   34.054496] CPU 3 Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address 0000000000000000, epc == a80000080838e01c, ra == a80000080838dfc4
[   34.054559] Oops[#1]:
[   34.069561] CPU: 3 UID: 0 PID: 170 Comm: pipe_race Not tainted 7.2.0-rc6-01553-gb73c35220968-dirty #103 VOLUNTARY
[   34.079932] Hardware name: Mobile EyeQ5 MP5 Evaluation board
[   34.085592] $ 0   : 0000000000000000 0000000000000001 0000000000000000 0000000000000000
[   34.093616] $ 4   : a800000808ee2618 000000000b7a879d 0000000000001000 0000000000000000
[   34.101638] $ 8   : 0000000000e3f2c9 0000000000000000 a800000808a2a9f8 0000000000000000
[   34.109660] $12   : a8000008139ffcd8 ffffffff84080018 a80000080837fae0 7878787878787878
[   34.117682] $16   : a800000807e82940 0000000000001000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000
[   34.125704] $20   : a800000802920e00 a8000008139ffdf8 a800000802649400 0000000000e3f2c9
[   34.133726] $24   : 0000000000000006 00000001200406e0
[   34.141783] $28   : a8000008139fc000 a8000008139ffd10 0000000000e3f2c8 a80000080838dfc4
[   34.149837] epc   : a80000080838e01c anon_pipe_read+0xd4/0x428
[   34.155697] ra    : a80000080838dfc4 anon_pipe_read+0x7c/0x428
[   34.161549] Status: 140000e3  KX SX UX KERNEL EXL IE
[   34.166551] Cause : 40800408 (ExcCode 02)
[   34.170574] BadVA : 0000000000000000
[   34.174161] PrId  : 0001b028 (MIPS I6500)
[   34.178183] Process pipe_race (pid: 170, threadinfo=000000005ca35720, task=00000000e1013890, tls=000000014ebbb780)
[   34.188568] Stack : a800000802649400 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 a8000008139ffdd0
[   34.196623]	 0000000000000fba a800000808ee0000 0000000000000001 a8000008130c3e80
[   34.204676]	 a8000008080d1280 a8000008139ffd58 a8000008139ffd58 1dbd2b22ea1dd500
[   34.212729]	 a800000802649400 a800000808ee0000 ffffffffffffffea 0000000000000001
[   34.220783]	 0000000000001000 0000000000000000 00000001200ae518 ffffffffffffffff
[   34.228836]	 000000fffbe0e530 a80000080837edf4 000000fffbe0e530 0000000000000000
[   34.236890]	 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 000000014ebb55a0 0000000000001000
[   34.244943]	 0000000000000001 a800000802649400 0000000000000000 0000000000000000
[   34.252996]	 0000000000000000 0000400400000000 0000000000000000 1dbd2b22ea1dd500
[   34.261049]	 00000000140000e3 a800000802649400 a800000802649400 a800000808ee0000
[   34.269103]	 ...
[   34.271568] Call Trace:
[   34.274026] [<a80000080838e01c>] anon_pipe_read+0xd4/0x428
[   34.279533] [<a80000080837edf4>] vfs_read+0x25c/0x318
[   34.284607] [<a80000080837faac>] ksys_read+0x104/0x138
[   34.289763] [<a80000080802b9cc>] syscall_common+0x44/0x68
[   34.295187]
[   34.296689] Code: f84000cf  02209825  de020010 <dc420000> d8400004  02002825  0040f809  02802025  f84000c3
[   34.306504]
[   34.308099] ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---

My initial reproducer was the xdp-tools test suite. A standalone
reproducer would be an lld/scd loop that, when the read is reordered by
the CPU, triggers a fault. We can achieve this from userspace by
stressing an anonymous pipe, which uses a mutex. Program used:

	// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
	// pipe_race.c - reproducer for MIPS LL/SC reordering vs fs/pipe.c
	//
	// Two userspace processes on an anonymous pipe:
	//   parent  = writer: tight write() loop
	//   child   = reader: tight read() loop

	#define _GNU_SOURCE
	#include <assert.h>
	#include <errno.h>
	#include <sched.h>
	#include <signal.h>
	#include <stdio.h>
	#include <stdlib.h>
	#include <string.h>
	#include <sys/types.h>
	#include
---truncated---

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.