CVE-2026-98251

CVE-2026-98251

High · published October 6, 2026

CVSS v3.1
7.8
EPSS
0%
Percentile
2.9
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

openvswitch: avoid reallocating confirmed conntrack labels

ovs_ct_get_conn_labels() adds the labels extension when a conntrack

entry does not have one. Confirmed conntracks can be read locklessly,

so adding an extension may reallocate and free the extension block

while another CPU accesses it.

Only add the extension for unconfirmed conntracks. A confirmed

conntrack without labels now fails the caller's label operation instead

of reallocating its extension storage.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
7.8 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00138 · 2.9th percentile
Published
2026-10-06T13:18Z
References (8)
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 07 OCT 03:43Z
    EPSS moved — → 0%
    epss
  • 06 OCT 08:45Z
    openvswitch: avoid reallocating confirmed conntrack labels
    cvelistv5