{"answers":{"affected":"","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-98378 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"Apply the vendor's patch.","what":"CVE-2026-98378 is a high-severity use after free vulnerability in Linux, published on 9 Oct 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2026-98378 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2026-98378 is a high-severity use after free vulnerability in Linux, published on 9 Oct 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-98378 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: Linux. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-98378/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-98378/index.md)","id":"CVE-2026-98378","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-98378/index.md","name":"CVE-2026-98378","record":{"aliases":["AZL-106905","BELL-CVE-2026-98378","DEBIAN-CVE-2026-98378","GHSA-9m4g-3f3p-3783","UBUNTU-CVE-2026-98378"],"analysis":{"component_type":"kernel","fix_type":"patch","impacts":["denial_of_service","code_execution"],"network_reachable":"adjacent_or_local","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"Linux kernel","requires_auth":"low_privilege","summary":"A use-after-free in the Linux kernel BPF link iterator allows local attackers to cause a kernel panic or potentially execute code.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"use_after_free"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"Linux","cpe":[],"cvss":{"score":7.8,"severity":"high","source":"cna","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[],"description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nbpf: Skip unsettled links in link iterator\n\nbpf_link_prime() inserts a link into link_idr before anon_inode_getfile()\nsucceeds and before bpf_link_settle() publishes the ID in link-\u003eid.\nbpf_link_by_id() treats such an ID-zero link as unsettled, but the link\niterator takes a reference without this check.\n\nIf anon_inode_getfile() then fails, the creator removes the ID and frees\nits still-private link directly.  The iterator is left with a dangling\nreference and its next bpf_link_put() accesses freed memory.\n\nTreat ID-zero entries as transient in bpf_link_get_curr_or_next(), just as\nbpf_link_by_id() does.\n\n  BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in bpf_link_put\n  Write of size 8 by task exp/384\n  Call Trace:\n  bpf_link_put                    kernel/bpf/syscall.c:3372\n  bpf_link_seq_next               kernel/bpf/link_iter.c:33\n  bpf_seq_read                    kernel/bpf/bpf_iter.c:158\n  vfs_read                        fs/read_write.c:572\n  ksys_read                       fs/read_write.c:716\n  do_syscall_64                   arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:84\n  entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe  arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:121\n  Kernel panic - not syncing: KASAN: panic_on_warn set ...","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":true,"headline":"bpf: Skip unsettled links in link iterator","id":"CVE-2026-98378","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"use_after_free","year":"2026"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":6,"next":{"headline":"netfilter: ip6t_rpfilter: reject routes without inet6_dev","id":"CVE-2026-98379"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"vlan: require the MAC header to be present in __vlan_insert_inner_tag()","id":"CVE-2026-98377"},"products":["Linux"],"published":"2026-10-09","related":[],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":null,"exploitation":null,"technical_impact":null},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2026-10-24","vendors":["Linux"]},"summary":"A use-after-free in the Linux kernel BPF link iterator allows local attackers to cause a kernel panic or potentially execute code.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-98378/"}