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        "cveId": "CVE-2026-98097",
        "assignerOrgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
        "state": "PUBLISHED",
        "assignerShortName": "Linux",
        "dateReserved": "2026-09-25T10:19:56.076Z",
        "datePublished": "2026-09-25T10:24:27.700Z",
        "dateUpdated": "2026-10-21T12:54:28.528Z"
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                    "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ntipc: Dont send random pad bytes in RESET/ACTIVATE messages\n\nThe interface name is passed in a fixed length (TIPC_MAX_IF_NAME) buffer.\nReplace the strcpy(data, l->if_name) with memcpy() so that the\npad bytes are actually written (l->if_name[] is zero padded)\nrather than sending random bytes from the skb to the remote system.\n\nReplace two other strcpy() with strscpy()."
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                    "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3dbb628cfc592a4148d8136dcda1f706cdcad4f3"
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                    "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/81c600c26302a27852ed8b19c5f2f647ea3555c9"
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