{"answers":{"affected":"","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-98561 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"Apply the vendor's patch.","what":"CVE-2026-98561 is an use after free vulnerability in Linux, published on 18 Oct 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2026-98561 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2026-98561 is an use after free vulnerability in Linux, published on 18 Oct 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-98561 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-2026-98561/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-98561/index.md)","id":"CVE-2026-98561","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-98561/index.md","name":"CVE-2026-98561","record":{"aliases":["AZL-108786","BELL-CVE-2026-98561","DEBIAN-CVE-2026-98561","GHSA-6wr4-6g5h-j9qm","UBUNTU-CVE-2026-98561"],"analysis":{"component_type":"kernel","fix_type":"patch","impacts":["denial_of_service","code_execution"],"network_reachable":"yes","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"Linux kernel driver","requires_auth":"none","summary":"A race condition in the Linux kernel NFP driver allows use-after-free during IPsec RX processing, potentially leading to system crashes or code execution.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"use_after_free"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"Linux","cpe":[],"cvss":{"score":null,"severity":null,"source":null,"vector":null,"version":null},"cwes":[],"description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnfp: hold IPsec RX state under the XArray lock\n\nnfp_net_ipsec_rx() drops the XArray lock before taking a reference to the\nxfrm_state it found. The delete path can erase the entry and drop the last\nstate reference in that interval. RX can then try to increment a zero\nrefcount after the state has been queued for destruction.\n\nThe driver queues firmware invalidation asynchronously; the delete path\ndoes not wait for the command to complete or drain pending RX processing.\n\nThe XFRM garbage collector waits for an RCU grace period before freeing\nthe state. That delays reclamation but does not make acquiring a reference\nfrom zero valid.\n\nTake the xfrm_state reference before releasing the XArray lock so\nxa_erase() cannot run between lookup and reference acquisition.","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":"nfp: hold IPsec RX state under the XArray lock","id":"CVE-2026-98561","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"use_after_free","year":"2026"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":5,"next":{"headline":"net: libwx: fix races in Tx timestamp handling","id":"CVE-2026-98562"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"net/rds: size a connection's path set by the transport it ends up with","id":"CVE-2026-98560"},"products":["Linux"],"published":"2026-10-18","related":[],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":null,"exploitation":null,"technical_impact":null},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2026-10-19","vendors":["Linux"]},"summary":"A race condition in the Linux kernel NFP driver allows use-after-free during IPsec RX processing, potentially leading to system crashes or code execution.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-98561/"}