P4Verified

CVE-2026-97901: Linux 5.8

CVE-2026-97901 affects azl3 kernel 6.6.157.1-1 on Azure Linux 3.0. CVSS 3.1 base score 7.1 (Microsoft Security Response Center). EPSS 0.002 (percentile 0.08959), scored 06-Oct-2026. Fixed version: 7.2.7-1. Fixed version: 6.12.112-r0. Fixed version: 6.18.53-r0.

Affected technology

Linux · d07dcf9aadd6b2842b439e8668ff7ea2873f28d7 to before 6e4d746e55c83c240cffce92356763d16b236af5, d07dcf9aadd6b2842b439e8668ff7ea2873f28d7 to before 508387ad95ef9c13aa6431678c39763e882da2dc, d07dcf9aadd6b2842b439e8668ff7ea2873f28d7 to before 6d8e653fcf1c90310797eeba8e5fafe9ccc3de9e, d07dcf9aadd6b2842b439e8668ff7ea2873f28d7 to before 6a1094c34d176827b2b173e163dcc964a13af93f
Linux

Linux · 5.8
Linux

Component: Not specified by the source
File: net/netlink/genetlink.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 availability impact as high; integrity impact as none. The description does not specify what an attacker can achieve beyond these rated impacts.

Published 12-Oct-2026 00:35 UTC

Product: azl3 kernel 6.6.157.1-1 on Azure Linux 3.0
CCR priority: 28.4 /100 (P4)
CVSS 3.1: 7.1 /10 · CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H/E:U · Microsoft Security Response Center
EPSS: 0.002 · percentile 0.09053 · 2026-10-11
KEV: no

Provenance

FIRST EPSS daily exploit-probability · Source record · observed 2026-10-11 23:42:05.235979+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 2026-10-08 08:57:13.774521+00:00 UTC
OSV.dev · Source record · observed 2026-10-04 13:35:46.972631+00:00 UTC

Stable permalink: https://cybercodered.org/item/cve-cve-2026-97901.html