Vulnerability in Linux kernel (CVE-2026-97614)
Summary
Vulnerability in Linux kernel (CVE-2026-97614). 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:
net: dsa: tag_brcm: legacy FCS: request needed tailroom
The legacy FCS tagger calculates the CRC over skb->len bytes starting at
skb->data. When a nonlinear skb reaches the tagger, this reads past the
linear head into unrelated slab memory.
The tagger appends an Ethernet FCS but does not declare that tailroom. As a
result, DSA leaves NETIF_F_SG and NETIF_F_FRAGLIST enabled on the user
port, and nonlinear skbs can reach the CRC calculation.
Declare the required tailroom. DSA will then clear those features and the
networking core will linearize skbs before the tagger runs.
A KASAN-enabled dsa_loop test using this tagger reports:
BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in crc32_le
Read of size 1 at addr ffff8880397086c0 by task exp/135
Call Trace:
crc32_le (lib/crc/crc32-main.c:38)
brcm_leg_fcs_tag_xmit (net/dsa/tag_brcm.c:343)
dsa_user_xmit (net/dsa/user.c:942)
dev_hard_start_xmit (net/core/dev.c:3937)
__dev_queue_xmit (net/core/dev.c:4926)
packet_sendmsg (net/packet/af_packet.c:3110)
__sys_sendto (net/socket.c:2281)
The buggy address belongs to the object at ffff888039708400
which belongs to the cache skbuff_small_head of size 704
The buggy address is located 0 bytes to the right of
allocated 704-byte region [ffff888039708400, ffff8880397086c0)
Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database NVD GitHub Advisory
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2026-97614 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-2026-97614" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2026-97614 (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 nvd.nist.gov
- web github.com