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CVE record · CVE-2026-98374

tcp: fix use-after-free of retransmit_skb_hint in tcp_send_synack()

CVSS 8.8 HighEPSS 0.0029 · 22nd percentile

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: Linux) at 7 Oct 2026, 13:01 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
VendorProductVersions
Linux Linux
  • affected c31b70c9968fe9c4194d1b5d06d07596a3b680de to before fad6d429651e748365e93ca54645accc212f0018 git
  • affected c31b70c9968fe9c4194d1b5d06d07596a3b680de to before c5b4da1f403a658c1c19766be2b426003ada419f git
  • affected c31b70c9968fe9c4194d1b5d06d07596a3b680de to before 71d45049b0d631dfdbf3c65305f7fca676de023b git
  • affected c31b70c9968fe9c4194d1b5d06d07596a3b680de to before e3ea71cb1408a013ed4e8a757b815f1a919324bd git
  • affected c31b70c9968fe9c4194d1b5d06d07596a3b680de to before 631aa4cb45099f09e9385dd786bd291c6270bfc4 git
  • affected c31b70c9968fe9c4194d1b5d06d07596a3b680de to before 0f87720c7e4bcab07c24888b3cf12bfe857bb90e git
  • affected c31b70c9968fe9c4194d1b5d06d07596a3b680de to before fe99bbeee5c5dbd3abc30721a8079ced59649d97 git
Other versions: unaffected
Linux Linux
  • affected 5.11
  • unaffected before 5.11 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 6.18.55 to 6.18.*, inclusive semver
  • unaffected 7.2.9 to 7.2.*, inclusive semver
  • unaffected 7.3 to *, inclusive original_commit_for_fix
Other versions: affected
Identifiers
CVE-2026-98374
CNA
Linux
Tags
Published
7 Oct 2026
Updated
24 Oct 2026

Not analysed yet

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Severity and exploitation

ScoreRatingCVSSVectorSource
8.8 High 3.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CNA (Linux)
  • CISA KEV Not listed.
  • EPSS 0.0029, the 22nd 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 7 Oct 2026. New records show when each source confirmed them.

Sources

References from the CNA

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.