SB2026102267 - Out-of-bounds read in Linux kernel ipv4

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SB2026102267 - Out-of-bounds read in Linux kernel ipv4

Published: October 22, 2026

Security Bulletin ID SB2026102267
CSH Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Local access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.


1) Out-of-bounds read (CVE-ID: CVE-2026-98495)

CWE-ID: CWE-125 - Out-of-bounds read

CVSSv4: 5.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]


The vulnerability allows a local user to trigger an out-of-bounds read of kernel stack memory, potentially causing a denial of service.

The vulnerability exists due to missing NUL termination of the arp_dev field in the Linux kernel ARP ioctl handler when looking up a user-supplied interface name. A local user can submit a struct arpreq containing IFNAMSIZ bytes without a NUL terminator in arp_dev to cause strcmp() to read beyond the stack object during lookup through dev_get_by_name_rcu() or __dev_get_by_name() when a matching alternative interface name exists.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References