Improper handling of exceptional conditions in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-98888

Vulnerability identifier: #VU157622

CSH Severity: Low

CVSS v4: 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]

CVE-ID: CVE-2026-98888

CWE-ID: CWE-755

Exploitation vector: Local access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

The vulnerability allows a local user to cause a denial of service.

The vulnerability exists due to improper handling of nested probe state in the Linux kernel arm64 kprobes implementation when a probe is hit while another probe is preparing or executing its out-of-line single-step instruction. A local user can trigger this condition through execution paths involving configured probes to cause a denial of service, as recoverable reentry is treated as unrecoverable and nested probes can overwrite the outer probe's saved interrupt state, leaving interrupts permanently disabled.

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/1f342b3e44c3035a837b53b217d816f7511c0d0a
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/23f851ac0078a908bf3422d6467ebc1db5828c46
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/68774caca799e9695db56d426c69acebd041c2ed
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a21bf9cb893126e8d9730995708d0be5eb167652
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bb0fe9121aa0824211aafa33c7d0151fd25ddb75
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c8e84e292ed4cfc199824146da71bb4397b02a1f
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f96a0606de6bcc8d937b80e6470fd7a174c17e26

• Improper handling of exceptional conditions in Linux kernel kernel probes
• 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