CVE-2026-98203 json
Input: soc_button_array - check btns_desc->package.count
published last mo. modified 23d ago also EUVD-2026-93131
- cvss
- —
- not scored
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.2%
- EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 7%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
Input: soc_button_array - check btns_desc->package.count
Check that btns_desc->package.count is not 0 before accessing btns_desc->package.elements[0].
Patch / fix
- Linux Linux 7.3
- linux Debian 12 6.1.190-1
- linux Debian 13 6.12.113-1
- linux Debian 14 7.2.8-1
- linux-6.12 Debian 12 6.12.113-1~deb12u1
debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2026-98203
- linux Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-202.212
- linux Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.8.0-149.149
- linux Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 7.0.0-42.42
- linux-aws Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1119.126
- linux-aws Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.8.0-1069.74
- linux-aws Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 7.0.0-1016.17
- linux-gcp Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1120.130
- linux-gcp Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.8.0-1073.81
ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2026-98203
Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0
- kernel-source Linux Micro 6.0 6.4.0-159998.55.1
- kernel-default Linux Micro 6.0 6.4.0-159998.55.1
- kernel-kvmsmall Linux Micro 6.0 6.4.0-159998.55.1
- kernel-default-base Linux Micro 6.0 6.4.0-159998.55.1.159998.21.42
- kernel-64kb SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP7 6.4.0-150700.53.90.1
- kernel-syms SLE Module for Development Tools 15 SP7 6.4.0-150700.53.90.1
- kernel-azure SLE Module for Public Cloud 15 SP7 6.4.0-150700.53.90.1
- kernel-source SLE Module for Development Tools 15 SP7, SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP7 6.4.0-150700.53.90.1
suse advisories SUSE-SU-2026:24550-1SUSE-SU-2026:5091-1
- kernel-source openSUSE Tumbleweed 7.2.10-1.1
opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2026:12131-1
- kernel Azure Linux 3.0 6.6.158.1-1
azure linux advisories AZL-106377
Azure Linux vulnerability data, Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation, from https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData via OSV, under the MIT licence; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. MIT
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/c3a94bfedfa2e4c4d37d1181e8db1ab010f1321a commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/ec0576dabd6bf4f6532c5f0a58c9bf57095e45a4 commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/c62c6944c680bc4ae188ca9045daada32fcd10ec commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/42c7afc0e5f5b5e12e9689e9a9815b5824cf0efb commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/eb5563386fb8c5dbb55d902a71a0ce10e4f307eb commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/8a70a192e3e5b3ccbeeaf149c931cf45b8e82155 commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/12d80e6351556cfecbdd09416e5e4c73d6ca08ba commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/fb5022278b6ea7f1838e3ef78028d5d5e3375f65 commit
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red hat product security vex CVE-2026-98203 updated cvss 5.5
kernel: Input: soc_button_array - check btns_desc->package.count
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 kernelaffected: workaround, no fix available “Fix deferred”
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 perf, kernel, python-perf, kernel-kdump, kernel-firmware, kernel-bootwrapper, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, python-perf, kernel-kdump, +8 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, kernel-core, kernel-tools, +29 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 rv, perf, rtla, kernel, bpftool, libperf, +83 more Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-8, openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-9 Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 5 openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-9not affected: vulnerable code not present
Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf
Exploit prediction
0.18% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 7% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-11).
Affected products
- Linux Linux
Classification
- Technology feeds
References
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/c3a94bfedfa2e4c4d37d1181e8db1ab010f1321a
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/ec0576dabd6bf4f6532c5f0a58c9bf57095e45a4
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/c62c6944c680bc4ae188ca9045daada32fcd10ec
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/42c7afc0e5f5b5e12e9689e9a9815b5824cf0efb
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/eb5563386fb8c5dbb55d902a71a0ce10e4f307eb
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/8a70a192e3e5b3ccbeeaf149c931cf45b8e82155
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/12d80e6351556cfecbdd09416e5e4c73d6ca08ba
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/fb5022278b6ea7f1838e3ef78028d5d5e3375f65
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2026-98203
- NVD CVE-2026-98203
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