CVE-2026-98097tipc: Dont send random pad bytes in RESET/ACTIVATE messages
- 5.3MediumCVSS base score
- 0.31%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 75% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tipc: Dont send random pad bytes in RESET/ACTIVATE messages The interface name is passed in a fixed length (TIPC_MAX_IF_NAME) buffer. Replace the strcpy(data, l->if_name) with memcpy() so that the pad bytes are actually written (l->if_name[] is zero padded) rather than sending random bytes from the skb to the remote system. Replace two other strcpy() with strscpy().
Timeline
ID reserved
By Linux
Published
- 26 days later
· 26 days later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Analyzed | 3.1 | Medium5.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.31% · top 75% of all CVEs (15 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.3.
Affected products
- affected e74a386d70c793ef44678b44b021c99094b28c47 – < 3dbb628cfc592a4148d8136dcda1f706cdcad4f3
- affected e74a386d70c793ef44678b44b021c99094b28c47 – < 48033a89356b8ae21a94db70c79bb6fcc91a23c2
- affected e74a386d70c793ef44678b44b021c99094b28c47 – < 4ab2977323d5f068a872126f7818d1aeb9e9ca0d
- affected e74a386d70c793ef44678b44b021c99094b28c47 – < bee1459e57f2e0bd240c62f35c0a284291e27971
- affected e74a386d70c793ef44678b44b021c99094b28c47 – < 81c600c26302a27852ed8b19c5f2f647ea3555c9
- affected 4.6
- unaffected < 4.6
- unaffected 6.6.160 – ≤ 6.6.*
- unaffected 6.12.111 – ≤ 6.12.*
- unaffected 6.18.53 – ≤ 6.18.*
- unaffected 7.2.7 – ≤ 7.2.*
- unaffected 7.3 – ≤ *
References
References5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3dbb628cfc592a4148d8136dcda1f706cdcad4f3 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/48033a89356b8ae21a94db70c79bb6fcc91a23c2 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4ab2977323d5f068a872126f7818d1aeb9e9ca0d (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bee1459e57f2e0bd240c62f35c0a284291e27971 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/81c600c26302a27852ed8b19c5f2f647ea3555c9 (opens in a new tab)
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2026-86927 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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