# net: cap tx_queue_len at S16_MAX to prevent oversized ring allocations

CVE record · `CVE-2026-98022`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2026-98022`
- **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, 10:23 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: `6a643ddb5624be7e0694d49f5765a8d41c1ab6d0 to before 24d02c909a1725ab9eceb92db7d02e4e841f17ca` (git)
  - affected: `6a643ddb5624be7e0694d49f5765a8d41c1ab6d0 to before 5e5591a0f33f7c11bf1d338dbb6c5072575de64c` (git)
  - affected: `6a643ddb5624be7e0694d49f5765a8d41c1ab6d0 to before c8d4060610c69645733c92d94fceb4b93808ac4d` (git)
  - affected: `6a643ddb5624be7e0694d49f5765a8d41c1ab6d0 to before c2362c500931e5bd1826bce34e9ce28af80e7541` (git)
  - affected: `6a643ddb5624be7e0694d49f5765a8d41c1ab6d0 to before 81c0e02076989743a603806a5a4f44d2c40dc01f` (git)
  - affected: `6a643ddb5624be7e0694d49f5765a8d41c1ab6d0 to before 081340cf70a789b94b4174af54a63ffd49677a4e` (git)
  - affected: `6a643ddb5624be7e0694d49f5765a8d41c1ab6d0 to before a03b927bae4af5c23fd5315a237855c17cc8f422` (git)
  - affected: `6a643ddb5624be7e0694d49f5765a8d41c1ab6d0 to before 66ab4c59b74db7ab53a1c9083feaaede393a96a0` (git)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `4.16`
  - unaffected: `before 4.16` (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:** 0.0018, the 7th percentile, on 11 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-2026-98022](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-98022)
- [NVD: CVE-2026-98022](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-98022)

### References from the CNA

- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/24d02c909a1725ab9eceb92db7d02e4e841f17ca>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5e5591a0f33f7c11bf1d338dbb6c5072575de64c>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c8d4060610c69645733c92d94fceb4b93808ac4d>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c2362c500931e5bd1826bce34e9ce28af80e7541>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/81c0e02076989743a603806a5a4f44d2c40dc01f>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/081340cf70a789b94b4174af54a63ffd49677a4e>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a03b927bae4af5c23fd5315a237855c17cc8f422>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/66ab4c59b74db7ab53a1c9083feaaede393a96a0>

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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