CVE intelligence

CVE-2026-97998

Vulnerability intelligence

Published Sep 25, 2026Sources checked Nov 12, 2026

N/ACVSS not listedScore unavailable

What this means

Review the available evidence

CVE-2026-97998. It is not in the current CISA KEV record we collected. That does not prove exploitation has not occurred.

What to do next

Remediation and response

Microsoft Security Response Center guidance

Vendor revision: Oct 21, 2026

Release Notes

Vendor-listed releases

6.6.158.1-1

CISA KEVNot listedBased on the latest collected catalog

EPSS0.2%Estimated 30-day exploitation probability

Ransomware useNot markedCISA KEV ransomware field

Threat actors0Source-linked actor relationships

Overview

What is CVE-2026-97998?

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

netfilter: nfnetlink_log: cope with concurrent instance destruction

Instances are refcounted. However, only memory release happens on the 1 -> 0 transition; the unlink from hashes can occur with any refcount.

Uncooperative userspace can force a situation where a queue is pending for destruction from netlink event while a different socket with same portid processes an UNBIND request.

With right timing, this will unhash the instance again:

Oops: general protection fault, [..] Call Trace: <TASK> nfulnl_recv_config+0x31a/0xd50 nfnetlink_rcv_msg+0x7c2/0xeb0

Source: NVD