CVE-2026-98098EPSS p6.8%
CVE-2026-98098CVE-2026-98098
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
tipc: fix NULL deref in tipc_named_node_up() on empty publication list
User-space applications can bind a large number of service addresses to
one or more sockets. Each binding of a local-scope service address inserts
one entry (publication) into the TIPC name table. If the number of these
publications exceeds TIPC_MAX_PUBL (65535), protocol service types
(such as node state and link state) are no longer inserted into the name
table. This causes two issues:
1. User-space applications subscribing to node or link up/down events
stop receiving notifications.
2. A NULL pointer dereference can occur:
BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 00000000000000d0
...
CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 0 Comm: swapper/0 Not tainted 7.2.0-rc4-default+ #5 PREEMPT(full)
...
RIP: 0010:tipc_named_node_up (./include/linux/skbuff.h:2251 net/tipc/name_distr.c:195 net/tipc/name_distr.c:221)
...
Call Trace:
<IRQ>
ti
Scoring
| EPSS | 0.18% probability of exploitation · percentile 6.8% · 2026-10-05T12:00:23Z |
| Last modified | 2026-10-03 |