CVE-2026-98238 json
net: wwan: t7xx: validate the netif index in t7xx_ccmni_recv_skb()
published last mo. modified 23d ago also EUVD-2026-93166
- 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 6%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net: wwan: t7xx: validate the netif index in t7xx_ccmni_recv_skb()
The netif index carried in the DPMAIF PIT header is five bits wide, but ccmni_inst[] only has room for NIC_DEV_MAX (21) entries. t7xx_ccmni_recv_skb() indexes the array without a bounds check, so indexes 21 to 31 read past it. The out-of-bounds value lands in the callback table that follows the array, which is never NULL, so the existing !ccmni check does not catch it and the driver dereferences whatever sits there as a struct t7xx_ccmni.
Drop the skb when the index is out of range.
Verified in a QEMU guest with a fault injector setting the netif index to 25: the unpatched driver reads a value past ccmni_inst[], which lands in the callback table, and dereferences it far enough to queue the skb. With this check the packet is dropped. Well-formed traffic on index 0 is unaffected.
Changes in v2: none.
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-2026-98238
- linux Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 7.0.0-42.42
- linux-aws Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 7.0.0-1016.17
- linux-gcp Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 7.0.0-1016.18
- linux-ibm Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 7.0.0-1017.17
- linux-riscv Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 7.0.0-42.42.1
- linux-oracle Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 7.0.0-1015.16
- linux-hwe-7.0 Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 7.0.0-42.42~24.04.1
- linux-oem-7.0 Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 7.0.0-1017.17
ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2026-98238
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- 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-106206
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- git.kernel.org/stable/c/7c2fe308bda5a7e6222d7f0c3c311991372baab4 commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/fba45070e25abdae08bcaebfadeef050dc39e208 commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/e1b0609b1a40da03e385be290853a604eb4c3fb9 commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/9dbf13de4edff6fbc1f7ad9c4040326b6ed599ad commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/d28aa2de9654e8024922775520a2665e00c04ad5 commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/c7ead9704249d57d4693a04697e3bbd285138fa9 commit
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red hat product security vex CVE-2026-98238 updated cvss 7.0
kernel: net: wwan: t7xx: validate the netif index in t7xx_ccmni_recv_skb()
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 rv, perf, rtla, kernel, bpftool, libperf, +82 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 kernel Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-9 Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 5 openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-9affected: no fix available
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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 kernel-rt, kernel-rt-selftests-internal Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-8not affected: vulnerable code not present
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Exploit prediction
0.17% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 6% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-11).
Affected products
- Linux Linux
Classification
- Technology feeds
References
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/7c2fe308bda5a7e6222d7f0c3c311991372baab4
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/fba45070e25abdae08bcaebfadeef050dc39e208
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/e1b0609b1a40da03e385be290853a604eb4c3fb9
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/9dbf13de4edff6fbc1f7ad9c4040326b6ed599ad
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/d28aa2de9654e8024922775520a2665e00c04ad5
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/c7ead9704249d57d4693a04697e3bbd285138fa9
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2026-98238
- NVD CVE-2026-98238
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