# bonding: alb: fix uninitialized transport header access in alb_determine_nd()

CVE record · `CVE-2026-98089`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2026-98089`
- **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, 10:24 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: `0da8aa00bfcfeb3f4e6537dd8e2001e0727ba549 to before 862c8eb6947689c44fe11353755576a3672563a5` (git)
  - affected: `0da8aa00bfcfeb3f4e6537dd8e2001e0727ba549 to before 7adb1bf25b0c5cedfb49b6e82844394d4f3c0d99` (git)
  - affected: `0da8aa00bfcfeb3f4e6537dd8e2001e0727ba549 to before e39cf90bd856443542b97933289749fca07476bf` (git)
  - affected: `0da8aa00bfcfeb3f4e6537dd8e2001e0727ba549 to before 27314f96d29b54e815e7a9b84c3273f1895e68e2` (git)
  - affected: `0da8aa00bfcfeb3f4e6537dd8e2001e0727ba549 to before 3b178894931a268c09126a5b53630f343e10e296` (git)
  - affected: `0da8aa00bfcfeb3f4e6537dd8e2001e0727ba549 to before 70f3995830d3f1e79faa14eb0605914f778feca9` (git)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `5.18`
  - unaffected: `before 5.18` (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:** 0.0017, the 6th 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-2026-98089](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-98089)
- [NVD: CVE-2026-98089](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-98089)

### References from the CNA

- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/862c8eb6947689c44fe11353755576a3672563a5>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7adb1bf25b0c5cedfb49b6e82844394d4f3c0d99>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e39cf90bd856443542b97933289749fca07476bf>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/27314f96d29b54e815e7a9b84c3273f1895e68e2>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3b178894931a268c09126a5b53630f343e10e296>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/70f3995830d3f1e79faa14eb0605914f778feca9>

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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