CVE-2026-98228

Exploitation

Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.

SSVC decision

Not assessed by CISA

EPSS probability

0.12% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 1.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

7.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD analysis status

Received. NVD last modified this record on 2026-10-19.

Red Hat severity

Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2026-10-06 08:45Z23 DAYS AGO

Last updated

2026-10-19 09:15Z10 DAYS AGO

Reserved

2026-09-25

Assigning CNA

Linux

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

High (CVSS 7.8)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses

• CWE-476NULL Pointer DereferenceBase

Data version

5.2

Document digest

0262effcd8e689101c1c476ee696dd899ce0a031d8292ad190f2d567ccfa21d8

• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3f017c2ca8c31a1e135dd87be647096866d6b196
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bbc448c541ed90d52f9ec22f17394304e3bf170e