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CVE-2026-97479: Linux 5.8
CVE-2026-97479 affects azl3 kernel 6.6.157.1-1 on Azure Linux 3.0. CVSS 3.1 base score 1.9 (Microsoft Security Response Center). EPSS 0.00155 (percentile 0.04296), scored 20-Oct-2026.
Affected technology
Linux · 8c3e315d4296421cd26b3300ee0ac117f0877f20 to before d5eb39d6178ca88db706c7b82dcd19a77f30aa9e, 8c3e315d4296421cd26b3300ee0ac117f0877f20 to before da22e4bce2a8cbed32dcda407b7d06cb5feec8e3, 8c3e315d4296421cd26b3300ee0ac117f0877f20 to before 73ea4ec0ec46d12558a61842b474e7dd63538edc, 8c3e315d4296421cd26b3300ee0ac117f0877f20 to before 36d74f17e03f7e60e1b08fbe16cfad6e69cc3aa9, 2e5c082d3727522a3f30a50582784d24754d14a8, 70154bb515a325c007bcf64971099e1e17f16f28, 5.6.19 to before 5.7, 5.7.3 to before 5.8
Linux
Linux · 5.8
Linux
Component: Not specified by the source
File: drivers/base/core.c
Attack conditions (Microsoft Security Response Center, CVSS 3.1): Local · High privileges required · No user interaction required
What an attacker can do
Microsoft Security Response Center’s CVSS 3.1 assessment rates confidentiality and integrity impact as none; availability impact as low. The description does not specify what an attacker can achieve beyond these rated impacts.
- Product
- azl3 kernel 6.6.157.1-1 on Azure Linux 3.0
- CCR priority
- 7.6 /100 (P5)
- CVSS 3.1
- 1.9 /10 · CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L · Microsoft Security Response Center
- EPSS
- 0.00155 · percentile 0.04296 · 2026-10-20
- KEV
- no
Provenance
- FIRST EPSS daily exploit-probability · Source record · observed 2026-10-20 16:56:29.772392+00:00 UTC
- GitHub Advisory Database · Source record · observed 2026-10-21 16:14:50.830645+00:00 UTC
- Microsoft MSRC Security Update Guide (CVRF) · Source record · observed 2026-10-04 07:08:49.022374+00:00 UTC
- NVD CVE API 2.0 · Source record · observed 2026-10-21 16:09:05.633125+00:00 UTC
Stable permalink: https://cybercodered.org/item/cve-cve-2026-97479.html