Vulnerability in Linux kernel (CVE-2026-98067)
Summary
Vulnerability in Linux kernel (CVE-2026-98067). 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:
erofs: disable LZ4 rolling decompression for now
LZ4 rolling decompression [1] was introduced to reduce the memory
footprint of temporary pages:
For many cases, it is needed for users to read small data within
a compressed extent (pcluster), either due to random small read, or
since uptodate folios (typically order-0) cannot be reused for
decompression again since decompression algorithm refills
already-uptodate folios.
Rolling decompression works because LZ4 is LZ77-based and only refers
to the most recent 64 KiB of decompressed data, so in theory only a
bounded rolling window of temporary pages is needed when decompressing.
It can save a lot of temporary memory, e.g.
601,960-byte data can be compressed into a 256k LZ4 compressed extent,
which means it needs 146 extra pages per request in the worst case if
rolling decompression is disabled.
However, the upstream LZ4 implementation is not under EROFS' control:
For example, the literal copy memmove() may still copy long literals
backward on x86 based on the address comparison even when the source
and destination ranges do not overlap (IOWs, inline decompression
doesn't need to be considered here). That breaks the rolling assumption
and makes the optimization broken.
Disable it for now to make sure the data correctness first since EROFS
is used everywhere now: The rolling window approach can be revived once
we either ensure that the official…
Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database NVD GitHub Advisory
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2026-98067 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-2026-98067" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2026-98067 (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