CVE-2026-98498

Updated on 18 Oct 2026

Severity

Awaiting Analysis

Details

Overview

About vulnerability

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

net/mlx5: Fix rev_entry reference leak in mlx5_tc_ct_shared_counter_get()

When the reverse entry is found but its counter is already being released, refcount_inc_not_zero() fails and the reference taken by mlx5_tc_ct_entry_get() is never dropped before falling through to create_counter. Drop it so the reverse entry is not kept alive forever by a shared counter lookup that did not use it.

Details

Affected packages:
kernel @ 5.10.0 (+8 more)

Fixes

KernelCare state

Live-patch status from KernelCare for each operating system.

Operating system Status Covered kernels
Oracle Linux 8 UEK 7 Planned —
Oracle Linux 9 UEK 7 Planned —
Ubuntu 22.04 Planned —
Ubuntu 22.04 AWS Planned —
Ubuntu 22.04 Azure Planned —
Ubuntu 26.04 Planned —