CVE-2026-98860 — 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: 2026-10-18T16:17:40.470
• Last modified: 2026-10-19T10:19:50.087

09References

• git.kernel.org — https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3afefbfe55c2a8a0c4bdf6f4cc1f773da120027c
• git.kernel.org — https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8b85ef0f561039e249c3f883c5280a1449c6dbee
• git.kernel.org — https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/97be6396817bd3b11d06239010d27902940bfaa9
• git.kernel.org — https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f9f808227554b2c116fd07dd2328ecd74ea3f411