CVE-2026-98855 — In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

01What is this vulnerability?

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

02Affected products

No structured affected-product list available — see references below for vendor advisories.

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2026-10-18T16:17:39.937
• Last modified: 2026-10-19T10:19:49.583

09References

• git.kernel.org — https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5857035a3b53a4e7b5a0d5a740189901ece0b079
• git.kernel.org — https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7dc6a769153c0457077a0da4888a00f61e66de15
• git.kernel.org — https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/814f2da6995772c07a7c9c2cc6028b6e3f3ecc9c
• git.kernel.org — https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d5151496a0a2b19c9c0c7b0ebf86b3de55a8fa3a