Improper Interaction Between Multiple Correctly-Behaving Entities in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-98274
Published: October 15, 2026
Vulnerability identifier: #VU155941
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 0 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-98274
CWE-ID: CWE-435
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a local user to cause conflicts in socket decryption state and transmit validation.
The vulnerability exists due to missing mutual exclusion between PSP and TLS ULP in the Linux kernel socket handling when both features are used on the same socket. A local user can configure these features together to cause conflicts in socket decryption state and transmit validation.
Affected software
Linux kernel
How to mitigate CVE-2026-98274
Install security update from vendor's repository.
Linux kernel - update to 7.0 rc3