{"answers":{"affected":"","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-98842 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"Apply the vendor's patch.","what":"CVE-2026-98842 is a vulnerability in Linux, published on 18 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-2026-98842 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2026-98842 is a vulnerability in Linux, published on 18 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-2026-98842 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-2026-98842/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-98842/index.md)","id":"CVE-2026-98842","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-98842/index.md","name":"CVE-2026-98842","record":{"aliases":["BELL-CVE-2026-98842","DEBIAN-CVE-2026-98842","GHSA-j9p6-994v-55hw","UBUNTU-CVE-2026-98842"],"analysis":{"component_type":"kernel","fix_type":"patch","impacts":["denial_of_service"],"network_reachable":"adjacent_or_local","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"Linux kernel","requires_auth":"high_privilege","summary":"A bug in the Linux kernel module loader fails to propagate errors, potentially causing memory leaks and unexpected behavior during module loading.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"other"},"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\nmodule: fix lost error code from codetag_load_module()\n\nIf codetag_load_module() fails, err is not set to reflect the failure\nand load_module() returns 0 after the module has been torn down.\n\nAlso, if the module is a livepatch, mod-\u003eklp_info allocated by\ncopy_module_elf() leaks on this error path.  Free it via a new\nlivepatch_cleanup label.","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":"module: fix lost error code from codetag_load_module()","id":"CVE-2026-98842","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"other","year":"2026"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":3,"next":{"headline":"netfs: zero gaps in read-gaps folio to avoid writing back stale data","id":"CVE-2026-98843"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"virt: vmgenid: set driver_data before registering notification handlers","id":"CVE-2026-98841"},"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 bug in the Linux kernel module loader fails to propagate errors, potentially causing memory leaks and unexpected behavior during module loading.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-98842/"}