CVE-2026-98862 — 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: 2026-10-18T16:17:40.677
• Last modified: 2026-10-19T10:19:50.287

09References

• git.kernel.org — https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/304960900991157e6883bdf0b39782b690545ee8
• git.kernel.org — https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/88633025f20ba9c32ccdb3efc86eafdf98cb825c
• git.kernel.org — https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/aa650d87a498844060eecb1d336f4d46f4d1b0b3
• git.kernel.org — https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f2cc5462b78559c7628a9f8ac9a9592e7783183a