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CVE-2026-98252: linux

CVSS: 7.0v3.1HighReceived
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2026-98252DEBIAN-CVE-2026-98252
Published 06-10-2026Last modified 19-10-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2026-98252 is a high (CVSS 7.0) vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.12% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 1.8% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
28/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.0/10
010
High · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.12%
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: RDMA/core: fix refcount bug in iwpm_get_nlmsg_request() iwpm_get_nlmsg_request() initializes refcount _after_ list_add_tail() making it accessible to global list where another CPU can kref_get() on nlmsg_request causing a refcount "addition on 0" bug. Fix this by initializing kref _before_ list_add_tail() so refcount for nlmsg_request can be incremented/decremented normally. In addition, also initialize every field before list_add_tail().

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.12%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

2%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

Change unavailable

Change unavailable

06-10-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
0.12%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

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

Ubuntu169 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) | < 6.1.190-1 | < 6.12.113-1 | < 7.2.8-1
Linux1 product
  • linux≥ 30dc5e63d6a5ad24894b5512d10b228d73645a44, < 52c13c63bb3662c108244e7447055e30bf40244e | ≥ 30dc5e63d6a5ad24894b5512d10b228d73645a44, < 8a91609032d47e77bcb37bc8f6e88d89340d2709 | ≥ 30dc5e63d6a5ad24894b5512d10b228d73645a44, < ce8a379598bd4058081416abea4279fd05a95374 | ≥ 30dc5e63d6a5ad24894b5512d10b228d73645a44, < 2fbac8a56004b6ce54fbfe845d4b25da6e0b55e8 | ≥ 30dc5e63d6a5ad24894b5512d10b228d73645a44, < 88e429a4e9bac3d2138011c5ca06254331f2587f | ≥ 30dc5e63d6a5ad24894b5512d10b228d73645a44, < e15eb536be4f646ce683d2867572b2200be877f7 | ≥ 30dc5e63d6a5ad24894b5512d10b228d73645a44, < 117871cdb8927542abd7b65ce5995bf0265a8c05 | ≥ 30dc5e63d6a5ad24894b5512d10b228d73645a44, < 33fb59da49c4c3f5c2ec9f9d4447a56857a02c02 | 3.16

3 vendors · 171 products

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