Vulnerability in Linux kernel (CVE-2026-98200)
Summary
Vulnerability in Linux kernel (CVE-2026-98200). 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:
hwmon: (hp-wmi-sensors) Fix use-after-free in fungible_show()
nsensor->current_state is dynamically replaced as the sensor's state
changes. update_numeric_sensor_from_wobj() does this by freeing the
old string and installing a new one:
if (strcmp(trimmed, nsensor->current_state)) {
new_string = hp_wmi_strdup(dev, trimmed);
if (new_string) {
devm_kfree(dev, nsensor->current_state);
nsensor->current_state = new_string;
}
}
This function is only ever called from hp_wmi_update_info() while
state->lock is held, so the free-and-replace itself is properly
serialized against concurrent updates.
fungible_show(), however, reads the same pointer after the lock has
already been dropped:
err = hp_wmi_update_info(state, info);
if (err)
return err;
switch (prop) {
...
case HP_WMI_PROPERTY_CURRENT_STATE:
seq_printf(seqf, "%s\n", nsensor->current_state);
break;
hp_wmi_update_info() takes state->lock internally and releases it
before returning, so by the time fungible_show() dereferences
nsensor->current_state in seq_printf(), no lock is held. Two
processes reading a sensor's current_state debugfs entry at
overlapping times (or one reading it while another read of the same
sensor triggers a refresh) can race: one thread's seq_printf() can
be part-way through printing the string at the moment another
thread's call into update_numeric_sensor_from_wobj() frees it with
devm_kfree() and installs a n…
Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database NVD GitHub Advisory
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2026-98200 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-2026-98200" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2026-98200 (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 git.kernel.org
- web nvd.nist.gov
- web github.com