# tipc: Dont send random pad bytes in RESET/ACTIVATE messages

CVE record · `CVE-2026-98097`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2026-98097`
- **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, 10:24 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: `e74a386d70c793ef44678b44b021c99094b28c47 to before 3dbb628cfc592a4148d8136dcda1f706cdcad4f3` (git)
  - affected: `e74a386d70c793ef44678b44b021c99094b28c47 to before 48033a89356b8ae21a94db70c79bb6fcc91a23c2` (git)
  - affected: `e74a386d70c793ef44678b44b021c99094b28c47 to before 4ab2977323d5f068a872126f7818d1aeb9e9ca0d` (git)
  - affected: `e74a386d70c793ef44678b44b021c99094b28c47 to before bee1459e57f2e0bd240c62f35c0a284291e27971` (git)
  - affected: `e74a386d70c793ef44678b44b021c99094b28c47 to before 81c600c26302a27852ed8b19c5f2f647ea3555c9` (git)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `4.6`
  - unaffected: `before 4.6` (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:** 0.0031, the 24th 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-2026-98097](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-98097)
- [NVD: CVE-2026-98097](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-98097)

### References from the CNA

- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3dbb628cfc592a4148d8136dcda1f706cdcad4f3>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/48033a89356b8ae21a94db70c79bb6fcc91a23c2>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4ab2977323d5f068a872126f7818d1aeb9e9ca0d>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bee1459e57f2e0bd240c62f35c0a284291e27971>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/81c600c26302a27852ed8b19c5f2f647ea3555c9>

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.

## Check whether this affects you

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

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