# vxlan: initialize \_md in vxlan_xmit_one()

CVE record · `CVE-2026-97965`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2026-97965`
- **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:** 21 Oct 2026
- **Reviewed by a person:** No

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: Linux) at 25 Sept 2026, 10:23 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: `ee122c79d4227f6ec642157834b6a90fcffa4382 to before fb78beb64e0e79557e4cd7cd17fea744bb6f01d9` (git)
  - affected: `ee122c79d4227f6ec642157834b6a90fcffa4382 to before 0d13b5a413bffc8718b3821b78537ccc6596c233` (git)
  - affected: `ee122c79d4227f6ec642157834b6a90fcffa4382 to before bfb74c48ac2d31476d5e09cf9658844508d2608a` (git)
  - affected: `ee122c79d4227f6ec642157834b6a90fcffa4382 to before 081f22177d9d12b1e381b787f203cd5f47508187` (git)
  - affected: `ee122c79d4227f6ec642157834b6a90fcffa4382 to before be83178bfc44588f6e3adb827ed874c683193466` (git)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `4.3`
  - unaffected: `before 4.3` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.6.160 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:** 0.0017, the 6th 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-2026-97965](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-97965)
- [NVD: CVE-2026-97965](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-97965)

### References from the CNA

- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fb78beb64e0e79557e4cd7cd17fea744bb6f01d9>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0d13b5a413bffc8718b3821b78537ccc6596c233>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bfb74c48ac2d31476d5e09cf9658844508d2608a>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/081f22177d9d12b1e381b787f203cd5f47508187>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/be83178bfc44588f6e3adb827ed874c683193466>

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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