CVE-2026-98231: linux

CVSS: UnknownReceived
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98231DEBIAN-CVE-2026-98231
Published 06-10-2026Last modified 19-10-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2026-98231 is a vulnerability in linux with no CVSS score yet. EPSS estimates a 0.20% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 9.3% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
0/100
0100
Minimal · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
Not scored
010
No CVSS score recorded
EPSS score
0.20%
0%100%
Low · Change unavailable
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 1 · Related 1
OPENSUSE-SU-2026:12131-1

Timeline

  1. 06-10-2026
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 19-10-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: xfrm: serialize state GC with device state flush The deferred-device pass in xfrm_dev_state_flush() finds states under xfrm_state_dev_gc_lock, but drops the lock before calling xfrm_dev_state_free() because the driver callback may sleep. The device GC list does not hold an xfrm_state reference, so the state GC worker can destroy the same state concurrently. The race can proceed as follows: CPU 0 CPU 1 find x on the device GC list drop xfrm_state_dev_gc_lock read x->xso.dev xfrm_state_gc_destroy(x) xfrm_dev_state_free(x) xfrm_state_free(x) continue xfrm_dev_state_free(x) Both paths can invoke the driver callback and drop the device reference. CPU 0 can also access the xfrm_state after CPU 1 has freed it. KASAN reported: BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in xfrm_dev_state_free+0x24c/0x2a0 Read of size 8 at addr ffff88810bbaa960 by task poc/102 Call Trace: xfrm_dev_state_free+0x24c/0x2a0 xfrm_dev_state_flush+0x353/0x400 xfrm_dev_event+0x26d/0x3a0 notifier_call_chain+0xc0/0x280 __dev_notify_flags+0x169/0x250 netif_change_flags+0xe7/0x160 dev_change_flags+0x96/0x220 devinet_ioctl+0x7f4/0x1880 Allocated by task 87: xfrm_state_alloc+0x1e/0x5c0 xfrm_add_sa+0xe7f/0x5820 xfrm_user_rcv_msg+0x4f3/0x940 Freed by task 57: kmem_cache_free+0xcb/0x3d0 xfrm_state_gc_task+0x4a8/0x650 process_one_work+0x63a/0x1070 Serialize xfrm_state destruction against the deferred-device pass with a mutex. Keep xfrm_state_dev_gc_lock limited to list operations and retain the existing callback and device-reference release ordering.

CVSS metrics

Risk metrics not yet published.

EPSS trend

Probability

0.20%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

9%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

Change unavailable

Change unavailable

06-10-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
0.20%

Known exploited

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Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Ubuntu142 products
  • linuxAll versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-awsAll versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Debian1 product
  • linuxAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 6.12.113-1 | < 7.2.8-1
Linux1 product
  • linux≥ d5f53edd43daf3e6e1633a49c561387f8f99e13f, < 937108dc0258d6ac69926b00bc53598c98986ee1 | ≥ 07b87f9eea0c30675084d50c82532d20168da009, < 39e41af3653ee45c985190dd97426f318918d201 | ≥ 07b87f9eea0c30675084d50c82532d20168da009, < 75fc4561772e2f9811abf39ed10443e6f4a4bc6c | ≥ 07b87f9eea0c30675084d50c82532d20168da009, < 84e378395494963b1e581cf223a7cbeec8c0e2d6 | ≥ 07b87f9eea0c30675084d50c82532d20168da009, < 89fefad9f971bc637fb22373078144f2563c4be9 | 8ecee44464a4926c9bef989a1490b7394785f584 | ≥ 6.6.44, < 6.6.158 | ≥ 6.10.3, < 6.11 | 6.11

3 vendors · 144 products

References

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