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CVE-2026-97516: Linux 5.16
CVE-2026-97516 affects azl3 kernel 6.6.157.1-1 on Azure Linux 3.0. CVSS 3.1 base score 5.5 (Microsoft Security Response Center). EPSS 0.00155 (percentile 0.03985), scored 03-Oct-2026.
Affected technology
Linux · fe7bc23a8c5eba8a49061c1d15d0a9d45ef18130 to before a8cdb18ef80d67790d8611ba94ae3d81901c9e04, fe7bc23a8c5eba8a49061c1d15d0a9d45ef18130 to before 0b58a5ac9170a6f5e6425f8e1a4b3e1d9c2bf53d, fe7bc23a8c5eba8a49061c1d15d0a9d45ef18130 to before 6fa23cafaf30f4877e357f8eebcff00dff4aa9cb, fe7bc23a8c5eba8a49061c1d15d0a9d45ef18130 to before 1d1f250432cd8704c3c125168887f9724021c81a, fe7bc23a8c5eba8a49061c1d15d0a9d45ef18130 to before d5e6f353ce1e1c25b8458ea390ed09d2377412c5
Linux
Linux · 5.16
Linux
Component: Not specified by the source
Function: entry
File: drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/fw.c
Attack conditions (Microsoft Security Response Center, CVSS 3.1): Local · Low 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 high. 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
- 22.0 /100 (P4)
- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 /10 · CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H · Microsoft Security Response Center
- EPSS
- 0.00156 · percentile 0.04276 · 2026-10-13
- KEV
- no
Provenance
- FIRST EPSS daily exploit-probability · Source record · observed 2026-10-14 05:24:14.258005+00:00 UTC
- GitHub Advisory Database · Source record · observed 2026-10-04 06:01:24.332572+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 2026-10-04 05:55:03.931280+00:00 UTC
- OSV.dev · Source record · observed 2026-10-14 07:03:36.411962+00:00 UTC
Stable permalink: https://cybercodered.org/item/cve-cve-2026-97516.html