CVE-2026-98434

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-98434
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-98434.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2026-98434
Downstream
Published
2026-10-18T14:38:19Z
Modified
2026-10-19T02:46:20Z
Summary
sysctl: Check range in proc_dointvec_ms_jiffies_minmax
Details

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

sysctl: Check range in proc_dointvec_ms_jiffies_minmax

Add the range check to do_proc_int_conv_ms_jiffies_minmax that commit d174174c6776 ("sysctl: replace SYSCTL_INT_CONV_CUSTOM macro with functions") incorrectly removed.

Database specific 
{
    "cna_assigner":  "Linux",
    "osv_generated_from":  "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/98xxx/CVE-2026-98434.json"
}
References

Affected packages

Git / git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
d174174c6776a340f5c25aab1ac47a2dd950f380
Fixed
1c23dba51dbf7e86c7c2e617c964be1411329cb4
Fixed
82431877d837a6c2593efd8e66ba28b35a220ca4

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-98434.json"

Linux / Kernel

Package

Name
Kernel

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
7.0.0
Fixed
7.2.8

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-98434.json"