Race condition in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-98071
Published: September 28, 2026
Vulnerability identifier: #VU152383
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 2 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-98071
CWE-ID: CWE-362
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a local user to cause connection state updates to be lost.
The vulnerability exists due to a data race in rds_conn_path_reset() when resetting RDS connection path flags concurrently with atomic flag operations. A local user can trigger concurrent connection reset and transmission operations to cause connection state updates to be lost.
Affected software
Linux kernel
How to mitigate CVE-2026-98071
Install security update from vendor's repository.