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CVE-2026-98017: Linux 4.16
CVE-2026-98017. CVSS 3.1 base score 7.8 (HIGH, Source advisory). EPSS 0.00128 (percentile 0.02121), scored 03-Oct-2026.
Affected technology
Linux · 51ab2994c387c80b45caf8b8067b3f3b97771d25 to before 96a27a3e64e7c87abade03fb2ad04ed66992a89a, 51ab2994c387c80b45caf8b8067b3f3b97771d25 to before 6a1b49bb9fdf9e8e7aa38e8cd635c0cc4074447d, 51ab2994c387c80b45caf8b8067b3f3b97771d25 to before 20bf6fa34b345333971bd4464a322cce87b83f4e, 51ab2994c387c80b45caf8b8067b3f3b97771d25 to before 156a3bab69744e9225bb9eff8c5cc53da18d5a2e, 51ab2994c387c80b45caf8b8067b3f3b97771d25 to before 5bfe927c5b4b290fad529186218c728589b4b101, 51ab2994c387c80b45caf8b8067b3f3b97771d25 to before e6662f2100f8d33b0f4d0047c219efd6bba186ea
Linux
Linux · 4.16
Linux
Component: Not specified by the source
File: include/net/sch_generic.h, net/sched/sch_api.c, net/sched/sch_generic.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 7.8/10) rates confidentiality, integrity and availability impact as high. The description does not specify what an attacker can achieve beyond these rated impacts.
- CCR priority
- 31.2 /100 (P4)
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 /10 · CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H · Source advisory
- EPSS
- 0.00129 · percentile 0.02257 · 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-2026-98017.html