Vulnerability in Linux kernel (CVE-2026-98841)
Summary
Vulnerability in Linux kernel (CVE-2026-98841). 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:
virt: vmgenid: set driver_data before registering notification handlers
Both probe paths register their notification handler before assigning
driver_data, which the handler dereferences.
In the devicetree path, the notification IRQ can fire as soon as
devm_request_irq() registers the handler: the interrupt may already be
pending at probe time, for example when a VMM injects the
generation-changed notification while restoring a guest from a snapshot
that was taken before the driver had probed (Firecracker does exactly
this on snapshot restore). The IRQ is also requested with IRQF_SHARED,
so another device sharing the line can trigger the handler just as
early. The handler then calls vmgenid_notify(), which dereferences the
still-NULL driver_data and panics:
Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 0000000000000010
CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 1 Comm: swapper/0 Not tainted 6.18.38+ #1 PREEMPT(none)
Hardware name: linux,dummy-virt (DT)
pc : vmgenid_notify.isra.0+0x24/0x8c
lr : vmgenid_of_irq_handler+0x14/0x34
Call trace:
vmgenid_notify.isra.0+0x24/0x8c (P)
vmgenid_of_irq_handler+0x14/0x34
__handle_irq_event_percpu+0x44/0x1bc
handle_irq_event+0x4c/0xb4
handle_fasteoi_irq+0xf8/0x1f8
The ACPI path has the same ordering problem: the handler is installed
with acpi_install_notify_handler() before driver_data is assigned.
ACPI notifications are dispatched asynchronously…
Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database NVD GitHub Advisory
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2026-98841 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-2026-98841" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2026-98841 (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。
Fix status by distribution
Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE
- Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2026-98841 linux Fixed in: 6.12.113-1
References
- web git.kernel.org
- web git.kernel.org
- web git.kernel.org
- web git.kernel.org
- web nvd.nist.gov
- web github.com