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CVE-2026-98238

Vulnerability in Linux kernel (CVE-2026-98238)

Summary

Vulnerability in Linux kernel (CVE-2026-98238). 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: wwan: t7xx: validate the netif index in t7xx_ccmni_recv_skb()

The netif index carried in the DPMAIF PIT header is five bits wide,
but ccmni_inst[] only has room for NIC_DEV_MAX (21) entries.
t7xx_ccmni_recv_skb() indexes the array without a bounds check, so
indexes 21 to 31 read past it. The out-of-bounds value lands in the
callback table that follows the array, which is never NULL, so the
existing !ccmni check does not catch it and the driver dereferences
whatever sits there as a struct t7xx_ccmni.

Drop the skb when the index is out of range.

Verified in a QEMU guest with a fault injector setting the netif
index to 25: the unpatched driver reads a value past ccmni_inst[],
which lands in the callback table, and dereferences it far enough to
queue the skb. With this check the packet is dropped. Well-formed
traffic on index 0 is unaffected.

Changes in v2: none.

Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database NVD GitHub Advisory

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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2026-98238 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-2026-98238" on the vendor's site.

CVE-2026-98238 (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.

❓ What is the problem

A vulnerability (unclassified) exists in Linux kernel.

📍 Affected scope

Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of Linux kernel.

🔥 Severity

Severity: ?. Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.

🔧 How to fix

Update to the patched release per vendor advisory.

🛡️ Workaround

Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.

🔍 Detection

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

  1. 1
    Identify 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。

  2. 2
    Post-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。

Affected packages

Linux Kernel
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"5.19.0"},{"fixed":"6.1.189"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"6.2.0"},{"fixed":"6.6.158"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"6.7.0"},{"fixed":"6.12.112"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"6.13.0"},{"fixed":"6.18.54"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"6.19.0"},{"fixed":"7.2.8"}]}]

Fix status by distribution

Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE

References

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