[ CVE-2026-98873 · Published 23 Oct 2026 ]
Vulnerability in Linux
Not scored yet
EPSS <1%No fix listed yet
[ Description ]Official description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: nf_conntrack_expect: zero at allocation time There are occasional LLM hints wrt. leaking uninitialized data to userspace via ctnetlink. Just zero at allocation time, expectations are not frequently used these days. Intentionally keeps _init as-is because we could theoretically support re-init, so add the missing exp->dir there.
[ Fixes ]Fixes and patches
No fix or interim patch is linked from our sources yet. Check the vendor references below and limit exposure of affected systems until a fix is available.
[ References ]References
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/241ccd2fed9051db443aadce248fc0ab30f55e97
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/39cb6ff947c16a576ea68c5f272e634acdcb0085
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/824397af7bfe14edad374c64253dae0187ca623d
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/90545aa07a183887e9d72ce573c18e08f62e2c91
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/9c11d7ea5ff4dbe162e79f00188814ef5483c295
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/a39ecb856514274c80d0fac4d128dba6b266a8ed
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/b7f3ee925aee9f1f547d539bc03c35433c238958