Vulnerability in Linux kernel (CVE-2026-98259)
Summary
Vulnerability in Linux kernel (CVE-2026-98259). 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:
fs/dax: check zero or empty entry before converting xarray entry
Calling dax_to_folio() with empty entry causes kernel panic below when
booting a VM with DAX enabled storage.
This patch checks empty entry before calling dax_to_folio() on
dax_associate_entry(), dax_disassociate_entry(), and dax_busy_page().
Commit 98c183a4fccf ("fs/dax: don't disassociate zero page entries") added
guards in the associate and disassociate paths, but the guards still come
after dax_to_folio(), and dax_busy_page() still has the same problem.
[ 0.737679] EXT4-fs (pmem0p1): mounted filesystem 79676804-7c8b-491a-b2a6-9bae3c72af70 ro with ordered data mode. Quota mode: disabled.
[ 0.737891] VFS: Mounted root (ext4 filesystem) readonly on device 259:1.
[ 0.739119] devtmpfs: mounted
[ 0.739476] Freeing unused kernel memory: 1920K
[ 0.740156] Run /sbin/init as init process
[ 0.740229] with arguments:
[ 0.740286] /sbin/init
[ 0.740321] with environment:
[ 0.740369] HOME=/
[ 0.740400] TERM=linux
[ 0.743162] Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address fffffdffbf000008
[ 0.743285] Mem abort info:
[ 0.743316] ESR = 0x0000000096000006
[ 0.743371] EC = 0x25: DABT (current EL), IL = 32 bits
[ 0.743444] SET = 0, FnV = 0
[ 0.743489] EA = 0, S1PTW = 0
[ 0.743545] FSC = 0x06: level 2 translation fault
[ 0.743610] Data abort info:
[ 0.743656] ISV…
Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database NVD GitHub Advisory
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2026-98259 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-2026-98259" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2026-98259 (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