# net: icmp: avoid invalid transport header access in icmp_send tracepoint

CVE record · `CVE-2026-98402`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2026-98402`
- **State:** Confirmed
- **Severity:** No CVSS score
- **Critical:** No
- **CNA:** Linux
- **Technologies:** [Linux kernel](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/linux-kernel.md)
- **Published:** 14 Oct 2026
- **Updated:** 19 Oct 2026
- **Reviewed by a person:** No

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: Linux) at 14 Oct 2026, 13:26 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: `524c341cb16a8d5318d2ffacf6fe160271a18743 to before ec6d4612d1c170e1cef1fe55526471da1e81e777` (git)
  - affected: `21b28f97e621cba196fb32c576734d216a8a79c9 to before 99654b651c6d5fe865798a2adb859767905f9278` (git)
  - affected: `db3efdcf70c752e8a8deb16071d8e693c3ef8746 to before b972b5e6168dc5d1e13297b1f37f71d6b21cc0f1` (git)
  - affected: `db3efdcf70c752e8a8deb16071d8e693c3ef8746 to before 04c0d35bac5122b533672a6775851dfae84e265e` (git)
  - affected: `db3efdcf70c752e8a8deb16071d8e693c3ef8746 to before 2b32f8c3560905582fb12ed68315a6e606367a6a` (git)
  - affected: `db3efdcf70c752e8a8deb16071d8e693c3ef8746 to before 7fcc2fe39fed1cb98a7374a113ff3800e8f9af80` (git)
  - affected: `6.1.130 to before 6.1.189` (semver)
  - affected: `6.6.81 to before 6.6.158` (semver)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `6.10`
  - unaffected: `before 6.10` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.1.189 to 6.1.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.6.158 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:** 0.0021, the 11th 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 14 Oct 2026. New records show when each source confirmed them.

## Sources

- [CVE List: CVE-2026-98402](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-98402)
- [NVD: CVE-2026-98402](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-98402)

### References from the CNA

- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ec6d4612d1c170e1cef1fe55526471da1e81e777>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/99654b651c6d5fe865798a2adb859767905f9278>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b972b5e6168dc5d1e13297b1f37f71d6b21cc0f1>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/04c0d35bac5122b533672a6775851dfae84e265e>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2b32f8c3560905582fb12ed68315a6e606367a6a>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7fcc2fe39fed1cb98a7374a113ff3800e8f9af80>

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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