CVE-2026-98374

waiting for further signals

GHSA-2q84-vc4j-mp23 ↗EUVD-2026-94323 ↗

no check availablenot proven exploitable

cve.orgpublic pockev

Linux 5.11

fixed in fad6d429651e748365e93ca54645accc212f0018, c5b4da1f403a658c1c19766be2b426003ada419f, 71d45049b0d631dfdbf3c65305f7fca676de023b, e3ea71cb1408a013ed4e8a757b815f1a919324bd, 631aa4cb45099f09e9385dd786bd291c6270bfc4, 0f87720c7e4bcab07c24888b3cf12bfe857bb90e, fe99bbeee5c5dbd3abc30721a8079ced59649d97

ETK-2026-949, permanent identifier

13d 13h 46msince last run

31mAI analysis

timeline

0 = cve.org publication

trigger signal (cve.org) +0hwaiting for further signals+19h01m

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description

Linux kernels with the affected TCP retransmission handling can retain a reference to a freed packet buffer during SYN-ACK processing. An unprivileged client using TCP Fast Open may trigger a kernel use-after-free when the required ICMP and simultaneous-open network conditions occur.

mitigation

Update to a Linux kernel release containing the applicable fix commit: fad6d429651e748365e93ca54645accc212f0018, c5b4da1f403a658c1c19766be2b426003ada419f, 71d45049b0d631dfdbf3c65305f7fca676de023b, e3ea71cb1408a013ed4e8a757b815f1a919324bd, 631aa4cb45099f09e9385dd786bd291c6270bfc4, 0f87720c7e4bcab07c24888b3cf12bfe857bb90e, or fe99bbeee5c5dbd3abc30721a8079ced59649d97. Until updated, reduce exposure by disabling or restricting TCP Fast Open where operationally feasible.

check

exploit

automation

contextual

auth required

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EPSS

0.16%4th percentile

agent run time

31m

cve.org record, t = 0

2026-10-07 13:01Z

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Δ to kev

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outcome

Contextual: an exploit technique exists, but no deterministic check could cover this one.

source signals

Public signals that triggered or updated the pipeline. These are inputs for the deltas above.

2026-10-07 13:01Z
cve_org: trigger signal, started the run
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-98374

this entry in the feed

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  "display_id": "CVE-2026-98374",
  "ghsa_id": "GHSA-2q84-vc4j-mp23",
  "euvd_id": "EUVD-2026-94323",
  "status": "published",
  "anchor_state": "anchored",
  "title": "Use-after-free in Linux TCP SYN-ACK retransmission",
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  "epss_asof": "2026-10-21",
  "automation": "contextual",
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published 2026-10-08 07:31Z
last change 2026-10-21 20:26Z

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