# net: arp: terminate device name before lookup

CVE record · `CVE-2026-98495`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2026-98495`
- **State:** Confirmed
- **Severity:** No CVSS score
- **Critical:** No
- **CNA:** Linux
- **Technologies:** [Linux kernel](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/linux-kernel.md)
- **Published:** 18 Oct 2026
- **Updated:** 19 Oct 2026
- **Reviewed by a person:** No

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: Linux) at 18 Oct 2026, 15:16 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: `36fbf1e52bd3ff8a5cb604955eedfc9350c2e6cc to before ae6d704dbf9542b0a0830ec91a2db4f30307e7d8` (git)
  - affected: `36fbf1e52bd3ff8a5cb604955eedfc9350c2e6cc to before 47107491b48ceef0a2faa7a010cfa961f211ef9f` (git)
  - affected: `36fbf1e52bd3ff8a5cb604955eedfc9350c2e6cc to before 7389757d88f54237951d7497d9c4dae7cc6d64be` (git)
  - affected: `36fbf1e52bd3ff8a5cb604955eedfc9350c2e6cc to before 1b08c5c3ac27c9ff91c5309f4a32b4e91ce2263b` (git)
  - affected: `36fbf1e52bd3ff8a5cb604955eedfc9350c2e6cc to before 414bbad9928598904313299ac9e037a73f520be1` (git)
  - affected: `36fbf1e52bd3ff8a5cb604955eedfc9350c2e6cc to before ba664d83638640cf454b65167339cbf20dfd6f10` (git)
  - affected: `36fbf1e52bd3ff8a5cb604955eedfc9350c2e6cc to before 35e716a70733472ede300540082d64c33bf3b4c9` (git)
  - affected: `36fbf1e52bd3ff8a5cb604955eedfc9350c2e6cc to before d8b6529e80bcb4fb8177121404cbb3377acaebd2` (git)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `5.5`
  - unaffected: `before 5.5` (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: `6.18.55 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

## 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 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 18 Oct 2026. New records show when each source confirmed them.

## Sources

- [CVE List: CVE-2026-98495](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-98495)
- [NVD: CVE-2026-98495](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-98495)

### References from the CNA

- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ae6d704dbf9542b0a0830ec91a2db4f30307e7d8>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/47107491b48ceef0a2faa7a010cfa961f211ef9f>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7389757d88f54237951d7497d9c4dae7cc6d64be>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1b08c5c3ac27c9ff91c5309f4a32b4e91ce2263b>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/414bbad9928598904313299ac9e037a73f520be1>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ba664d83638640cf454b65167339cbf20dfd6f10>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/35e716a70733472ede300540082d64c33bf3b4c9>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d8b6529e80bcb4fb8177121404cbb3377acaebd2>

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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