# net/packet: clear RX owner on VNET header error

CVE record · `CVE-2026-98233`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2026-98233`
- **State:** Confirmed
- **Severity:** No CVSS score
- **Critical:** No
- **CNA:** Linux
- **Technologies:** [Linux kernel](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/linux-kernel.md)
- **Published:** 6 Oct 2026
- **Updated:** 19 Oct 2026
- **Reviewed by a person:** No

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: Linux) at 6 Oct 2026, 08:45 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: `61fad6816fc10fb8793a925d5c1256d1c3db0cd2 to before bb10a0084c03a94364aeec542beddc5d49b59f59` (git)
  - affected: `61fad6816fc10fb8793a925d5c1256d1c3db0cd2 to before b8c0cb3069058c2d67b5c7c833b2833381ecffdc` (git)
  - affected: `61fad6816fc10fb8793a925d5c1256d1c3db0cd2 to before 2daa618e7ff19eefcbda281bc4c5998c4140f9cf` (git)
  - affected: `61fad6816fc10fb8793a925d5c1256d1c3db0cd2 to before 23cd30498891d29a69ec9b75bd92f8a0f21f1342` (git)
  - affected: `61fad6816fc10fb8793a925d5c1256d1c3db0cd2 to before 49a48a5aaf85fe69d2dc3fb334b4854fadf44e39` (git)
  - affected: `61fad6816fc10fb8793a925d5c1256d1c3db0cd2 to before 805edbdcb8681da5f7ee43b3c3c809f7a8c31208` (git)
  - affected: `61fad6816fc10fb8793a925d5c1256d1c3db0cd2 to before 693209a237fc548791cf402441db8b68d1da7d38` (git)
  - affected: `61fad6816fc10fb8793a925d5c1256d1c3db0cd2 to before 33ff111d7ba3beb86e28938d6382bb5beabd865a` (git)
  - affected: `2975472e042e0bbfeeabddc5023cb8c011ec5a07` (git)
  - affected: `6fb0e4385928900ccb8697748555b3f54bba5193` (git)
  - affected: `86137342fd4cf52882842aa8d1318b2661f08e8a` (git)
  - affected: `b06e4d3ed4044c2facf10a511d809f9aa29d960e` (git)
  - and 4 more
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `5.6`
  - unaffected: `before 5.6` (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: `6.12.112 to 6.12.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.18.54 to 6.18.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `7.2.8 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 10 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 6 Oct 2026. New records show when each source confirmed them.

## Sources

- [CVE List: CVE-2026-98233](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-98233)
- [NVD: CVE-2026-98233](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-98233)

### References from the CNA

- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bb10a0084c03a94364aeec542beddc5d49b59f59>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b8c0cb3069058c2d67b5c7c833b2833381ecffdc>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2daa618e7ff19eefcbda281bc4c5998c4140f9cf>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/23cd30498891d29a69ec9b75bd92f8a0f21f1342>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/49a48a5aaf85fe69d2dc3fb334b4854fadf44e39>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/805edbdcb8681da5f7ee43b3c3c809f7a8c31208>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/693209a237fc548791cf402441db8b68d1da7d38>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/33ff111d7ba3beb86e28938d6382bb5beabd865a>

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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