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CVE-2026-98041: Linux 5.8
CVE-2026-98041. CVSS 3.1 base score 7.0 (HIGH, Source advisory). EPSS 0.00144 (percentile 0.03326), scored 17-Oct-2026.
Affected technology
Linux · cac616db39c207dc63465a4e05c6ce0e60b2cce4 to before d16f0eafcaa62e677a2b5b0dabc1f8d31dfe3d4d, cac616db39c207dc63465a4e05c6ce0e60b2cce4 to before e2ae33247e8b2dbe9d116d3e61cadf6d548339c6, cac616db39c207dc63465a4e05c6ce0e60b2cce4 to before a4d7f94c1ca914469ced665ec2f98be669aef462, cac616db39c207dc63465a4e05c6ce0e60b2cce4 to before e51179a4e09846f8fd0f26a05068520de2b301bf
Linux
Linux · 5.8
Linux
Component: Not specified by the source
File: kernel/bpf/verifier.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 7.0/10) rates confidentiality, integrity and availability impact as high. The description does not specify what an attacker can achieve beyond these rated impacts.
- CCR priority
- 28.0 /100 (P4)
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.0 /10 · CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H · Source advisory
- EPSS
- 0.00144 · percentile 0.03326 · 2026-10-17
- KEV
- no
Provenance
- 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-2026-98041.html