{"answers":{"affected":"","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-98573 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"Apply the vendor's patch.","what":"CVE-2026-98573 is a 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-2026-98573 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2026-98573 is a 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-2026-98573 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-2026-98573/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-98573/index.md)","id":"CVE-2026-98573","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-98573/index.md","name":"CVE-2026-98573","record":{"aliases":["AZL-109367","BELL-CVE-2026-98573","DEBIAN-CVE-2026-98573","GHSA-23rj-wp7f-556g","UBUNTU-CVE-2026-98573"],"analysis":{"component_type":"kernel","fix_type":"patch","impacts":["denial_of_service","code_execution"],"network_reachable":"yes","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"Linux kernel","requires_auth":"none","summary":"An integer underflow in the Linux kernel's IPv6 checksum setup allows remote attackers to cause memory corruption or denial of service via crafted packets.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"integer_overflow"},"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\nnet: skbuff: fix pull-bound underflow in skb_checksum_setup_ipv6()\n\nskb_maybe_pull_tail() subtracts skb_headlen(skb) from the unsigned max\nargument and passes the result to __pskb_pull_tail() as a signed int.  The\nfunction does not ensure that max is at least skb_headlen(skb).\n\nThis can happen while parsing IPv6 extension headers when an skb already\nhas a linear area larger than MAX_IPV6_HDR_LEN.  Once the parser needs data\nbeyond the linear area, max - skb_headlen(skb) wraps and is converted to a\nnegative delta.  __pskb_pull_tail() then passes that negative length to\nskb_copy_bits(), where it can become a very large copy length.\n\nPass the requested length itself as the pull bound at the three\nextension-header call sites, so the delta can no longer go negative.","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":"net: skbuff: fix pull-bound underflow in skb_checksum_setup_ipv6()","id":"CVE-2026-98573","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"integer_overflow","year":"2026"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":8,"next":{"headline":"net: bcmgenet: stop Tx NAPI before disabling the queues","id":"CVE-2026-98574"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"bpf: Fix immediate JMP JEQ/JNE on MIPS32","id":"CVE-2026-98572"},"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":"An integer underflow in the Linux kernel's IPv6 checksum setup allows remote attackers to cause memory corruption or denial of service via crafted packets.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-98573/"}