# net/mlx5: Fix slab-out-of-bounds when handling team device events

CVE record · `CVE-2026-98807`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2026-98807`
- **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, 15:48 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: `54493a08e21f46446b3b24577c5a6f229d049757 to before 16ca0e79f31ea810346a79dda545ba344ede1d47` (git)
  - affected: `54493a08e21f46446b3b24577c5a6f229d049757 to before 3a6e67ff267af2053a793825c3b7844741fed461` (git)
  - affected: `54493a08e21f46446b3b24577c5a6f229d049757 to before 8117cbc504cb01980258d8a8c9be8f57cf0aaceb` (git)
  - affected: `54493a08e21f46446b3b24577c5a6f229d049757 to before 04c824940d52871c49866a4ac67b504146f7cf35` (git)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `5.18`
  - unaffected: `before 5.18` (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:** 0.0018, the 7th percentile, on 6 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-2026-98807](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-98807)
- [NVD: CVE-2026-98807](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-98807)

### References from the CNA

- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/16ca0e79f31ea810346a79dda545ba344ede1d47>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3a6e67ff267af2053a793825c3b7844741fed461>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8117cbc504cb01980258d8a8c9be8f57cf0aaceb>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/04c824940d52871c49866a4ac67b504146f7cf35>

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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