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CVE-2026-97957: Linux 5.8
CVE-2026-97957. CVSS 3.1 base score 8.8 (HIGH, Source advisory). EPSS 0.00142 (percentile 0.02947), scored 03-Oct-2026.
Affected technology
Linux · a425b6e1c69ba907b72b737a4d44f8cfbc43ce3c to before 7cc974799fde846eda2d8f00ad4f8e1810eb0499, a425b6e1c69ba907b72b737a4d44f8cfbc43ce3c to before 8de1e23bd91fe3a6683e4bc574e2d6bcb0eef920, a425b6e1c69ba907b72b737a4d44f8cfbc43ce3c to before 72be1fd5d256dde748c0905c5e1749a119cad5bd, a425b6e1c69ba907b72b737a4d44f8cfbc43ce3c to before c622bbc212207d7c6bbd69dd88f0c3a3f5853d16, a425b6e1c69ba907b72b737a4d44f8cfbc43ce3c to before eca54a092d5f7b497b458ff5a6f66d4f7bfb6674, a425b6e1c69ba907b72b737a4d44f8cfbc43ce3c to before 9f6ad383901d0cb1c8ea5f7f3160fabfe1540eb5, a425b6e1c69ba907b72b737a4d44f8cfbc43ce3c to before 513f7b16ed0cffae9348151c72bed17c7073096f, a425b6e1c69ba907b72b737a4d44f8cfbc43ce3c to before 5d4d985957434867bbe85e4fa5e638f3e48ad522
Linux
Linux · 5.8
Linux
Component: Not specified by the source
File: drivers/net/ethernet/huawei/hinic/hinic_hw_mbox.c
Attack conditions (Source advisory, CVSS 3.1): Local · Low privileges required · No user interaction required
What an attacker can do
Source advisory’s CVSS 3.1 assessment (base score 8.8/10) rates confidentiality, integrity and availability impact as high. The description does not specify what an attacker can achieve beyond these rated impacts.
- CCR priority
- 35.2 /100 (P4)
- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 /10 · CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H · Source advisory
- EPSS
- 0.00142 · percentile 0.03181 · 2026-10-17
- KEV
- no
Provenance
- FIRST EPSS daily exploit-probability · Source record · observed 2026-10-18 12:55:59.341568+00:00 UTC
- GitHub Advisory Database · Source record · observed 2026-10-04 06:01:24.332572+00:00 UTC
- NVD CVE API 2.0 · Source record · observed 2026-10-19 10:33:46.008150+00:00 UTC
Stable permalink: https://cybercodered.org/item/cve-cve-2026-97957.html