# mlxsw: spectrum_flower: Fix port range register leak in tmplt_create()

CVE record · `CVE-2026-98948`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2026-98948`
- **State:** Confirmed
- **Severity:** No CVSS score
- **Critical:** No
- **CNA:** Linux
- **Technologies:** [Linux kernel](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/linux-kernel.md)
- **Published:** 23 Oct 2026
- **Updated:** 23 Oct 2026
- **Reviewed by a person:** No

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: Linux) at 23 Oct 2026, 12:19 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: `fe22f7410527c2077223b5fd0fc0458db912f0db to before 41ad5bcf0219aaebf8ffb052c5e8177479330cde` (git)
  - affected: `fe22f7410527c2077223b5fd0fc0458db912f0db to before c8e934287debb29c6ded86b21e49fc72e186d15e` (git)
  - affected: `fe22f7410527c2077223b5fd0fc0458db912f0db to before 3938430f0237c59ca08d6a366e7657b2b7f8d0bb` (git)
  - affected: `fe22f7410527c2077223b5fd0fc0458db912f0db to before 4eaf1285b5c1e42f80e47f9fe0d391e70418db02` (git)
  - affected: `fe22f7410527c2077223b5fd0fc0458db912f0db to before 7ea07afb230f1342ab0f9365edd0aae137f425d3` (git)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `6.6`
  - unaffected: `before 6.6` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.6.160 to 6.6.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.12.113 to 6.12.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.18.57 to 6.18.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `7.2.11 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:** 0.0017, the 6th percentile, on 7 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 23 Oct 2026. New records show when each source confirmed them.

## Sources

- [CVE List: CVE-2026-98948](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-98948)
- [NVD: CVE-2026-98948](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-98948)

### References from the CNA

- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/41ad5bcf0219aaebf8ffb052c5e8177479330cde>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c8e934287debb29c6ded86b21e49fc72e186d15e>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3938430f0237c59ca08d6a366e7657b2b7f8d0bb>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4eaf1285b5c1e42f80e47f9fe0d391e70418db02>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7ea07afb230f1342ab0f9365edd0aae137f425d3>

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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