Vulnerability in Linux kernel (CVE-2026-97597)
Summary
Vulnerability in Linux kernel (CVE-2026-97597). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ipv6: flowlabel: cap duplicate leases per socket
ipv6_flowlabel_get() allocates an ipv6_fl_socklist entry for every
successful GET. The recheck path for a compatible existing flowlabel
links another lease without applying any lease admission check. Repeated
GET requests for one shareable label can therefore grow a socket's lease
list without bound.
Reject a new unprivileged lease once the socket already holds
FL_MAX_PER_SOCK leases. Check this on the shared recheck path so reuse
of a globally interned label, including the fl_intern() collision path,
is covered as well. New-label admission remains under the existing
mem_check() policy.
Use capable(CAP_NET_ADMIN) rather than ns_capable(), matching
mem_check(). An unprivileged user must not bypass the cap by creating a
user namespace and a netns where they have CAP_NET_ADMIN, which would
still consume host memory.
Check the capability only when the socket reaches the limit, so
successful unprivileged GET requests below the cap do not generate a
capability audit. Do the admission check before updating linger and
expires so a rejected GET does not refresh the shared label, matching
the existing socket-list allocation failure path.
Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database NVD GitHub Advisory
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2026-97597 has been found in Linux kernel.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Linux kernel CVE-2026-97597" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2026-97597 (Linux kernel)
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
A vulnerability (unclassified) exists in Linux kernel.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of Linux kernel.
Severity: ?. Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Update to the patched release per vendor advisory.
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Audit SBOM/dependencies to find affected services.
Response actions
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
Audit SBOM/dependencies for affected components.資産台帳・SBOM・依存マニフェストで Linux kernel を使っているサービスとバージョンを洗い出す。
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2Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
References
- web git.kernel.org
- web git.kernel.org
- web git.kernel.org
- web git.kernel.org
- web nvd.nist.gov
- web github.com