# ipvs: reject invalid states in connection template sync records

CVE record · `CVE-2026-97596`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2026-97596`
- **State:** Confirmed
- **Severity:** No CVSS score
- **Critical:** No
- **CNA:** Linux
- **Technologies:** [Linux kernel](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/linux-kernel.md)
- **Published:** 25 Sept 2026
- **Updated:** 19 Oct 2026
- **Reviewed by a person:** No

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: Linux) at 25 Sept 2026, 10:22 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known. This CVE names a vendor and product rather than a package, so the lockfile check doesn’t match it.

## Affected products, as the CNA wrote them

- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `275411430f892407b885be1de2548b2e632892c3 to before 5677e81ffdbfc1c03dcb427fb8b1c38289bed76d` (git)
  - affected: `275411430f892407b885be1de2548b2e632892c3 to before d4eb339b442a0ffaa565779b975494a0a0664f18` (git)
  - affected: `275411430f892407b885be1de2548b2e632892c3 to before 1a8f15911352bb3cf4663aa02049c49c7f30e524` (git)
  - affected: `275411430f892407b885be1de2548b2e632892c3 to before 652d9caa5ac925ab012834e325d77b9ed638d4fc` (git)
  - affected: `275411430f892407b885be1de2548b2e632892c3 to before fc10dc4511e6e2e2b4098ee115c8e5639471f23d` (git)
  - affected: `275411430f892407b885be1de2548b2e632892c3 to before 50c3f06222eafe9cca7ca51a0ef83311d7cab353` (git)
  - affected: `275411430f892407b885be1de2548b2e632892c3 to before 0c61f7d8e18a978aec2a16d9acd5f682f1c72476` (git)
  - affected: `275411430f892407b885be1de2548b2e632892c3 to before 74cb39735b6cd0aff4b5584158f09376fd97aadf` (git)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `4.19`
  - unaffected: `before 4.19` (semver)
  - unaffected: `5.10.271 to 5.10.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `5.15.222 to 5.15.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.1.189 to 6.1.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.6.158 to 6.6.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.12.111 to 6.12.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.18.53 to 6.18.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `7.2.7 to 7.2.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `7.3 to *, inclusive` (original_commit_for_fix)
  - Other versions: affected

## Not analysed yet

We haven’t published our own analysis of this CVE. If a person reviews it, this page will say what’s affected and what has to be true for it to matter.

## Severity and exploitation

No source has published a CVSS score for this record yet.

- **CISA KEV:** Not listed.
- **EPSS:** 0.0022, the 12th percentile, on 12 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

## Timeline

This record came from the full history of the CVE Program, published 25 Sept 2026. New records show when each source confirmed them.

## Sources

- [CVE List: CVE-2026-97596](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-97596)
- [NVD: CVE-2026-97596](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-97596)

### References from the CNA

- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5677e81ffdbfc1c03dcb427fb8b1c38289bed76d>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d4eb339b442a0ffaa565779b975494a0a0664f18>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1a8f15911352bb3cf4663aa02049c49c7f30e524>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/652d9caa5ac925ab012834e325d77b9ed638d4fc>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fc10dc4511e6e2e2b4098ee115c8e5639471f23d>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/50c3f06222eafe9cca7ca51a0ef83311d7cab353>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0c61f7d8e18a978aec2a16d9acd5f682f1c72476>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/74cb39735b6cd0aff4b5584158f09376fd97aadf>

Facts on this page come from the CVE List as the CNA published them, with CVSS from the sources named above, CISA KEV and FIRST EPSS. Vendors, products and versions are shown as the CNA wrote them. We don’t reproduce the CVE’s description.

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- Everything that needs attention now: <https://agentprime.io/advisories/critical.md>

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