Out-of-bounds read in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-98893

Vulnerability identifier: #VU157611

CSH Severity: Low

CVSS v4: 6.8 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2026-98893

CWE-ID: CWE-125

Exploitation vector: Local access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

The vulnerability allows a local user to trigger an out-of-bounds read that may cause a denial of service.

The vulnerability exists due to an out-of-bounds read in the ARM SCMI sensor notification parser when processing truncated SENSOR_UPDATE notifications. A local user can supply a truncated notification, if able to control notification payloads, to cause the parser to read beyond the received buffer, potentially causing a denial of service.

Linux kernel
Ubuntu
linux-nvidia-tegra (Ubuntu package)
linux-nvidia-tegra-igx (Ubuntu package)
linux-nvidia-tegra-5.15 (Ubuntu package)
linux (Ubuntu package)
linux-gcp (Ubuntu package)
linux-oracle (Ubuntu package)
linux-aws (Ubuntu package)
linux-ibm (Ubuntu package)
linux-hwe-7.0 (Ubuntu package)
linux-oem-7.0 (Ubuntu package)

Install security update from vendor's repository.

Linux kernel - update to 7.0 rc3
linux-nvidia-tegra (Ubuntu package) - update to 5.15.0-1070.72
linux-nvidia-tegra-igx (Ubuntu package) - update to 5.15.0-1059.59
linux-nvidia-tegra-5.15 (Ubuntu package) - update to 5.15.0-1070.72~20.04.1
linux (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-42.42
linux-gcp (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-1016.18
linux-oracle (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-1015.16
linux-aws (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-1016.17
linux-ibm (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-1017.17
linux-hwe-7.0 (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-42.42~24.04.1
linux-oem-7.0 (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-1017.17

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1bbe431fc59704d012660647516f6f94ddd82564
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/32bc5496b48174dbca1f187f710955ee4d9527a1
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/767789a58ae0d65ec3028e5b5b4da82210355d00
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/87a72e75f7560ea45cd28870194eaa153dd19e75
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c148ff2f5a168e0bc41d801efca6ee35a376cfcb
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e543d60f966a5f5c92298720c2fd1810f85a6be3

• Out-of-bounds read in Linux kernel firmware arm_scmi driver
• Ubuntu update for linux-oem-7.0
• Ubuntu update for linux, linux-aws, linux-gcp and more
• Ubuntu update for linux-nvidia-tegra, linux-nvidia-tegra-5.15, linux-nvidia-tegra-igx
• Ubuntu update for linux, linux-aws, linux-aws-5.15 and more