# xen/netfront: drop RX packets with a short Ethernet header

CVE record · `CVE-2026-98375`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2026-98375`
- **State:** Confirmed
- **Severity:** No CVSS score
- **Critical:** No
- **CNA:** Linux
- **Technologies:** [Linux kernel](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/linux-kernel.md)
- **Published:** 9 Oct 2026
- **Updated:** 30 Oct 2026
- **Reviewed by a person:** No

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: Linux) at 9 Oct 2026, 07:10 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: `0d160211965b79de989cf2d170985abeb8da5ec6 to before fd5481dd75ea879c53c17882cbb065ad3bd6b766` (git)
  - affected: `0d160211965b79de989cf2d170985abeb8da5ec6 to before 9cb8813d157b4d15103d3b34c635620f36df4173` (git)
  - affected: `0d160211965b79de989cf2d170985abeb8da5ec6 to before 57508819da8dc1cf5a2c3b64570aa02cc5ae28b6` (git)
  - affected: `0d160211965b79de989cf2d170985abeb8da5ec6 to before 0542d213253eec18785a24b603b28bd385dfe4a5` (git)
  - affected: `0d160211965b79de989cf2d170985abeb8da5ec6 to before 236a17caebcff31f75bec5ff4136bde2de944e40` (git)
  - affected: `0d160211965b79de989cf2d170985abeb8da5ec6 to before 72d2f54367895d6e236b9857892e2e6b6036e067` (git)
  - affected: `0d160211965b79de989cf2d170985abeb8da5ec6 to before e2b721bc30f40ffa7ccc36a56d4e8990b8c0538e` (git)
  - affected: `0d160211965b79de989cf2d170985abeb8da5ec6 to before 089e58805c452e52179482b1025a8e309a57f801` (git)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `2.6.23`
  - unaffected: `before 2.6.23` (semver)
  - unaffected: `5.10.273 to 5.10.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `5.15.224 to 5.15.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.1.191 to 6.1.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.6.160 to 6.6.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.12.113 to 6.12.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.18.56 to 6.18.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `7.2.10 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:** 0.0022, the 12th percentile, on 9 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 9 Oct 2026. New records show when each source confirmed them.

## Sources

- [CVE List: CVE-2026-98375](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-98375)
- [NVD: CVE-2026-98375](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-98375)

### References from the CNA

- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fd5481dd75ea879c53c17882cbb065ad3bd6b766>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9cb8813d157b4d15103d3b34c635620f36df4173>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/57508819da8dc1cf5a2c3b64570aa02cc5ae28b6>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0542d213253eec18785a24b603b28bd385dfe4a5>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/236a17caebcff31f75bec5ff4136bde2de944e40>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/72d2f54367895d6e236b9857892e2e6b6036e067>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e2b721bc30f40ffa7ccc36a56d4e8990b8c0538e>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/089e58805c452e52179482b1025a8e309a57f801>

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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