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CVE-2026-97605: Linux 5.16
CVE-2026-97605 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 0.002 (percentile 0.09266), scored 20-Oct-2026.
Affected technology
Linux · 622ceaddb7649ca328832f50ba1400af778d75fa to before db0c3465b54a16debc089b2b3bda251d26c953d0, 622ceaddb7649ca328832f50ba1400af778d75fa to before 604ce546e1b9f35b1f45588004f53fac6b2869c1, 622ceaddb7649ca328832f50ba1400af778d75fa to before 0b3c8c39e50249470f00a5f73c288b95a55ab576, 622ceaddb7649ca328832f50ba1400af778d75fa to before 38e9e07ac02a9453a117410776f1502a9980997e, 622ceaddb7649ca328832f50ba1400af778d75fa to before 617d0d8d199ba1790c94310fd75a22d01c97a8d6
Linux
Linux · 5.16
Linux
Component: Not specified by the source
File: fs/erofs/decompressor_lzma.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
- 22.1 /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/E:U · Microsoft Security Response Center
- EPSS
- 0.002 · percentile 0.09266 · 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-2026-97605.html