# xfrm: add missing rcu_read_lock(), skb_dst_force() and dev_hold() for xfrm_trans_reinject()

CVE record · `CVE-2026-98369`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2026-98369`
- **State:** Confirmed
- **Severity:** CVSS 7.8 High
- **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, 08:46 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: `7d98b26684cb2390729525b341ea099f0badbe18 to before 41e47f1664be86c91326f0afe0504a1162d00907` (git)
  - affected: `4f4920669d21e1060b7243e5118dc3b71ced1276 to before 6601d91a85761f33351c71e04ec0bbd294ca07ce` (git)
  - affected: `4f4920669d21e1060b7243e5118dc3b71ced1276 to before 0cda8273265d30cac6423834fd7d4acb75f04fdb` (git)
  - affected: `4f4920669d21e1060b7243e5118dc3b71ced1276 to before 68a317b4aec8ca1868a39d69e40f9e29baa4f40a` (git)
  - affected: `4f4920669d21e1060b7243e5118dc3b71ced1276 to before 6eb3b071be8e260543c604550c54dac66e6b174b` (git)
  - affected: `4f4920669d21e1060b7243e5118dc3b71ced1276 to before 664fc0941df7c1918b2cd4de6ee00469ba77d8e4` (git)
  - affected: `4f4920669d21e1060b7243e5118dc3b71ced1276 to before d2f5082f9e84653fa1a9e8aebaaff23e688f5e19` (git)
  - affected: `f520075da484306bbb8425afd2c42404ba74816f` (git)
  - affected: `130d9e5017ade1b81d16783563edb38c12a2eab7` (git)
  - affected: `5.15.75 to before 5.15.222` (semver)
  - affected: `5.19.17 to before 5.20` (semver)
  - affected: `6.0.3 to before 6.1` (semver)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `6.1`
  - unaffected: `before 6.1` (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

- 7.8 High, CVSS 3.1: `CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`, from CNA (Linux)

- **CISA KEV:** Not listed.
- **EPSS:** 0.0014, the 3rd percentile, on 8 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-2026-98369](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-98369)
- [NVD: CVE-2026-98369](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-98369)

### References from the CNA

- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/41e47f1664be86c91326f0afe0504a1162d00907>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6601d91a85761f33351c71e04ec0bbd294ca07ce>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0cda8273265d30cac6423834fd7d4acb75f04fdb>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/68a317b4aec8ca1868a39d69e40f9e29baa4f40a>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6eb3b071be8e260543c604550c54dac66e6b174b>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/664fc0941df7c1918b2cd4de6ee00469ba77d8e4>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d2f5082f9e84653fa1a9e8aebaaff23e688f5e19>

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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