# net: rds: fix uninitialized trans dereference in CM event handler

CVE record · `CVE-2026-99166`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2026-99166`
- **State:** Confirmed
- **Severity:** No CVSS score
- **Critical:** No
- **CNA:** Linux
- **Technologies:** [Linux kernel](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/linux-kernel.md)
- **Published:** 28 Oct 2026
- **Updated:** 30 Oct 2026
- **Reviewed by a person:** No

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: Linux) at 28 Oct 2026, 10:35 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: `dcdede0406d30e14a6ed727dce69dfac0518371d to before 0d15e853aa88da5375edd32b39d08a048b64a1c5` (git)
  - affected: `dcdede0406d30e14a6ed727dce69dfac0518371d to before 8c77774535c3d6162929521a6fa11e3db086fa32` (git)
  - affected: `dcdede0406d30e14a6ed727dce69dfac0518371d to before 8973f70cb068012d83cff1cfa3f45ef94ab02267` (git)
  - affected: `dcdede0406d30e14a6ed727dce69dfac0518371d to before a2fde862b98db8908e2ebaffbb35a75a0e9d5b33` (git)
  - affected: `dcdede0406d30e14a6ed727dce69dfac0518371d to before 074bb7cdc3e26afa698888ba56fc1df0e3f24650` (git)
  - affected: `dcdede0406d30e14a6ed727dce69dfac0518371d to before 5f23e4e3a31dacfd82a8f56be253adc0910ee84f` (git)
  - affected: `dcdede0406d30e14a6ed727dce69dfac0518371d to before ca14c289ed9ffed6cc64290d039e923e5720a8bf` (git)
  - affected: `dcdede0406d30e14a6ed727dce69dfac0518371d to before 492ba6ac1b1ffb8a06ff52db0825c1af2cdb28c8` (git)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `4.6`
  - unaffected: `before 4.6` (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: `6.6.161 to 6.6.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.12.115 to 6.12.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.18.59 to 6.18.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `7.2.13 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 5 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 28 Oct 2026. New records show when each source confirmed them.

## Sources

- [CVE List: CVE-2026-99166](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-99166)
- [NVD: CVE-2026-99166](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-99166)

### References from the CNA

- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0d15e853aa88da5375edd32b39d08a048b64a1c5>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8c77774535c3d6162929521a6fa11e3db086fa32>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8973f70cb068012d83cff1cfa3f45ef94ab02267>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a2fde862b98db8908e2ebaffbb35a75a0e9d5b33>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/074bb7cdc3e26afa698888ba56fc1df0e3f24650>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5f23e4e3a31dacfd82a8f56be253adc0910ee84f>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ca14c289ed9ffed6cc64290d039e923e5720a8bf>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/492ba6ac1b1ffb8a06ff52db0825c1af2cdb28c8>

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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