CVE-2026-98896ModerateLocal

thunderbolt: Keep the domain reference while processing hotplug

MSRC advisory NVD CVE.org

Assessment

Severity: Moderate
CVSS base score: 4.7CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/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: 24 Oct 2026 · October 2026
Last revised: 24 Oct 2026

CVSS 3.1 base metricsRed raises the risk · green lowers it

Attack vector: LocalAV:L
Attack complexity: HighAC:H
Privileges required: LowPR:L
User interaction: NoneUI:N
Scope: UnchangedS:U
Confidentiality: NoneC:N
Integrity: NoneI:N
Availability: HighA:H

Updates that fix it

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Affected products

1 affected product

azl3 kernel 6.6.157.1-1 on Azure Linux 3.0

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25 Oct 2026 · 07:41:18 UTC Last revised24 Oct 2026 01:05 UTC → 24 Oct 2026 14:46 UTC

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Published

Linux

Vendor product

Original vendor version evidence · not evaluated as a NuGet range

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                    "product": "Linux",
                    "vendor": "Linux",
                    "defaultStatus": "unaffected",
                    "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
                    "programFiles": [
                        "drivers/thunderbolt/tb.c"
                    ],
                    "versions": [
                        {
                            "version": "d6cc51cd1a4aed1d9e2dd66d643d729acb4be560",
                            "lessThan": "06b2e894e640f6a3dbeb536a2d26d72426b26a46",
                            "status": "affected",
                            "versionType": "git"
                        },
                        {
                            "version": "d6cc51cd1a4aed1d9e2dd66d643d729acb4be560",
                            "lessThan": "1d991f749a8255ee2ecc6307e2f27354ab631827",
                            "status": "affected",
                            "versionType": "git"
                        },
                        {
                            "version": "d6cc51cd1a4aed1d9e2dd66d643d729acb4be560",
                            "lessThan": "e8656465d08ed832e120c9cca4a6d0c8ccb45698",
                            "status": "affected",
                            "versionType": "git"
                        },
                        {
                            "version": "d6cc51cd1a4aed1d9e2dd66d643d729acb4be560",
                            "lessThan": "b61a4ae2ec6a0d363615d01106e0a2d284133a38",
                            "status": "affected",
                            "versionType": "git"
                        },
                        {
                            "version": "d6cc51cd1a4aed1d9e2dd66d643d729acb4be560",
                            "lessThan": "04df2985159e381c88a923fae1bec2f8d0272412",
                            "status": "affected",
                            "versionType": "git"
                        },
                        {
                            "version": "d6cc51cd1a4aed1d9e2dd66d643d729acb4be560",
                            "lessThan": "0a87af3b1e3aa2e09d160848daf0c39e765b73de",
                            "status": "affected",
                            "versionType": "git"
                        },
                        {
                            "version": "d6cc51cd1a4aed1d9e2dd66d643d729acb4be560",
                            "lessThan": "138ec65b2c761f065b19d115aed2b8246fc272f5",
                            "status": "affected",
                            "versionType": "git"
                        }
                    ]
                }

Linux

Vendor product

Original vendor version evidence · not evaluated as a NuGet range

{
                    "product": "Linux",
                    "vendor": "Linux",
                    "defaultStatus": "affected",
                    "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
                    "programFiles": [
                        "drivers/thunderbolt/tb.c"
                    ],
                    "versions": [
                        {
                            "version": "3.17",
                            "status": "affected"
                        },
                        {
                            "version": "0",
                            "lessThan": "3.17",
                            "status": "unaffected",
                            "versionType": "semver"
                        },
                        {
                            "version": "5.10.271",
                            "lessThanOrEqual": "5.10.*",
                            "status": "unaffected",
                            "versionType": "semver"
                        },
                        {
                            "version": "5.15.222",
                            "lessThanOrEqual": "5.15.*",
                            "status": "unaffected",
                            "versionType": "semver"
                        },
                        {
                            "version": "6.1.189",
                            "lessThanOrEqual": "6.1.*",
                            "status": "unaffected",
                            "versionType": "semver"
                        },
                        {
                            "version": "6.6.158",
                            "lessThanOrEqual": "6.6.*",
                            "status": "unaffected",
                            "versionType": "semver"
                        },
                        {
                            "version": "6.12.111",
                            "lessThanOrEqual": "6.12.*",
                            "status": "unaffected",
                            "versionType": "semver"
                        },
                        {
                            "version": "6.18.53",
                            "lessThanOrEqual": "6.18.*",
                            "status": "unaffected",
                            "versionType": "semver"
                        },
                        {
                            "version": "7.2",
                            "lessThanOrEqual": "*",
                            "status": "unaffected",
                            "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix"
                        }
                    ]
                }