CVE-2026-98419ModerateLocalRevised 24 Oct

drop_monitor: fix out-of-bounds write in reset_per_cpu_data()

MSRC advisory NVD CVE.org

Assessment

Severity: Moderate
CVSS base score: 5.1CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H
Impact: Not stated
EPSS, next 30 days: Not scored yet
Public exploit code: No Nuclei template lists it
Exploitability: Not assessed
Publicly disclosed: No
Customer action: Required: apply the update
Component: Mariner
Weakness: —
Issued by: Linux
Published: 16 Oct 2026 · October 2026
Last revised: 24 Oct 2026Information published.

CVSS 3.1 base metricsRed raises the risk · green lowers it

Attack vector: LocalAV:L
Attack complexity: LowAC:L
Privileges required: HighPR:H
User interaction: NoneUI:N
Scope: UnchangedS:U
Confidentiality: NoneC:N
Integrity: LowI:L
Availability: HighA:H

Updates that fix it

0 KBs

No KB listed

MSRC lists no downloadable update, which usually means a service-side fix or a release-notes update. Check the MSRC advisory.

Affected products

1 affected product

azl3 kernel 6.6.157.1-1 on Azure Linux 3.0

What changed

First observed 16 Oct 2026

25 Oct 2026 · 07:41:18 UTC Last revised21 Oct 2026 18:42 UTC → 24 Oct 2026 14:49 UTC
23 Oct 2026 · 09:33:49 UTC Public exploit codeUnknown: exploit-code evidence is incomplete or retained → No Nuclei template listed
23 Oct 2026 · 09:33:49 UTC CISA KEVUnknown: catalog evidence is incomplete or retained → Not listed in the collected catalog
23 Oct 2026 · 09:33:49 UTC Source coverage: public-exploit-codeIncomplete → Current
23 Oct 2026 · 09:33:49 UTC Source coverage: first-epssIncomplete → Current
23 Oct 2026 · 09:33:49 UTC Source coverage: cisa-kevIncomplete → Current
23 Oct 2026 · 09:33:49 UTC Source coverage: msrc-cvrfIncomplete → Current
23 Oct 2026 · 08:31:50 UTC Public exploit codeNo Nuclei template listed → Unknown: exploit-code evidence is incomplete or retained
23 Oct 2026 · 08:31:50 UTC CISA KEVNot listed in the collected catalog → Unknown: catalog evidence is incomplete or retained
23 Oct 2026 · 08:31:50 UTC Source coverage: public-exploit-codeCurrent → Incomplete
23 Oct 2026 · 08:31:50 UTC Source coverage: first-epssCurrent → Incomplete
23 Oct 2026 · 08:31:50 UTC Source coverage: cisa-kevCurrent → Incomplete

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23 Oct 2026 · 08:31:50 UTCSource coverage: msrc-cvrf Current → Incomplete
21 Oct 2026 · 20:45:25 UTCLast revised 16 Oct 2026 01:05 UTC → 21 Oct 2026 18:42 UTC
18 Oct 2026 · 14:54:30 UTCLink: October 2026 → /security?release=2026-Oct#cves

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Collected exploitation and prediction evidence

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cve-program · CVE-2026-98419

Published

drop_monitor: fix out-of-bounds write in reset_per_cpu_data()

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drop_monitor: fix out-of-bounds write in reset_per_cpu_data() In reset_per_cpu_data(), al is computed as: al = sizeof(struct net_dm_alert_msg); al += dm_hit_limit * sizeof(struct net_dm_drop_point); al += sizeof(struct nlattr); skb = genlmsg_new(al, GFP_KERNEL); ... nla = nla_reserve(skb, NLA_UNSPEC, sizeof(struct net_dm_alert_msg)); ... msg = nla_data(nla); memset(msg, 0, al); Because al includes sizeof(struct nlattr) (the 4-byte attribute header), genlmsg_new() allocates al bytes of tailroom starting at nla. However, msg points to nla_data(nla), which is located sizeof(struct nlattr) bytes past nla. Calling memset(msg, 0, al) therefore writes al bytes starting from msg, exceeding the allocated buffer by sizeof(struct nlattr) (4 bytes) and corrupting skb_shared_info. Fix this by letting al represent only the payload length, allocating the skb with genlmsg_new(nla_total_size(al), GFP_KERNEL), and zeroing al bytes from msg.

Source published: 14 Oct 2026 13:27:49 UTC
Source modified: 24 Oct 2026 14:08:45 UTC
Observed here: 24 Oct 2026 16:17:04 UTC
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CVSS 3.1 · 7.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H