CVE-2026-98491

Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-98491
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-98491.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2026-98491
Downstream
Published
2026-10-18T15:16:20Z
Modified
2026-10-20T02:30:35Z
Summary
net: openvswitch: conntrack: avoid modifying shared unconfirmed ct entry
Details

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

net: openvswitch: conntrack: avoid modifying shared unconfirmed ct entry

In a case where skb with an unconfirmed ct entry gets cloned, we may end up committing both but with different sets of extensions.

The series of events:

  1. The first clone wants to commit and runs the helpers wiring up the extension pointer into the expectation list.
  2. Then it looses the confirmation keeping the entry unconfirmed.
  3. Second clone now wants to commit labels and adds the new extension for that breaking the pointer in the expectation list causing UAF on the destruction path later.

While this is possible to trigger, there should be no practical network pipeline where committing both clones without modifications into the same zone is needed. So, let's just reset the entry in case for some reason we got an skb with a shared one during commit. This doesn't affect any known use cases, but avoids any potential problems with sharing and modification of the unconfirmed ct entry.

The fixes tag points to the introduction of helpers, since that's the main UAF trigger for the sharing.

Database specific
{
    "cna_assigner":  "Linux",
    "osv_generated_from":  "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/98xxx/CVE-2026-98491.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
cae3a2627520c3795b54533c5328b77af3405dbe
Fixed
e0fa5ea434b7e8467ef3adc64e3858b1ca2a642d
Fixed
37e3c878b183a115f9a114067f9ef3b408ad27fb
Fixed
707c2dc77891a874f4e8c52c285a511079164ec8
Fixed
de41ee24f77b0fc45397db3e277cae2adbd43dfe
Fixed
55e5256adf3940e71802e2f749cacf81518726b0
Fixed
e2829ae5459ddb5fce526b2e84697edf6c0c3cef
Fixed
457e0df1b5711fbeb7ba1b6bfd826f5ef30e7e55
Fixed
26b2bd70d22457556e2fa01cbf1192cb1a94d619

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-98491.json"

Linux / Kernel

Package

Name
Kernel

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
4.3.0
Fixed
5.10.271
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
5.11.0
Fixed
5.15.222
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
5.16.0
Fixed
6.1.189
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.2.0
Fixed
6.6.158
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.7.0
Fixed
6.12.112
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.13.0
Fixed
6.18.55
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.19.0
Fixed
7.2.9

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-98491.json"