CVE intelligence

CVE-2026-98569

Vulnerability intelligence

Published Oct 18, 2026Sources checked Oct 21, 2026

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What this means

Review the available evidence

CVE-2026-98569. 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

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Vendor revision: Oct 20, 2026

Release Notes

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-2026-98569?

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

ip_gre: Reject enabling collect metadata through changelink

ipgre_netlink_parms() can enable collect_md on an existing GRE, GRETAP or ERSPAN device. Unlike newlink, changelink does not enforce metadata tunnel uniqueness.

Converting a non-metadata device can therefore replace the metadata receive entry for another device of the same type in the same netns. Deleting either device then clears the shared entry, breaking metadata receive lookup for the surviving device.

If parameter validation fails after collect_md is set, deleting the modified device can also clear an entry it never owned.

Reject enabling metadata mode in both changelink callbacks before any encapsulation or tunnel parameters are modified. Allow requests that repeat the metadata attribute on an existing metadata device.

Source: NVD