CVE-2026-98569 json
ip_gre: Reject enabling collect metadata through changelink
published 24d ago modified 23d ago also EUVD-2026-103614
- 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 12%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ip_gre: Reject enabling collect metadata through changelink
ipgre_netlink_parms() can enable collect_md on an existing GRE, GRETAP or ERSPAN device. Unlike newlink, changelink does not enforce metadata tunnel uniqueness. Converting a non-metadata device can therefore replace the metadata receive entry for another device of the same type in the same netns. Deleting either device then clears the shared entry, breaking metadata receive lookup for the surviving device.
If parameter validation fails after collect_md is set, deleting the modified device can also clear an entry it never owned.
Reject enabling metadata mode in both changelink callbacks before any encapsulation or tunnel parameters are modified. Allow requests that repeat the metadata attribute on an existing metadata device.
Patch / fix
- Linux Linux 7.3
- linux Debian 12 6.1.190-1
- linux Debian 13 6.12.113-1
- linux Debian 14 7.2.9-1
- linux-6.12 Debian 12 6.12.113-1~deb12u1
debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2026-98569
- 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-2026-98569
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 Azure Linux 3.0 6.6.159.1-1
azure linux advisories AZL-109091
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/c80315da84998b69b8829785a174b0bf72a81992 commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/cff8b520312e750ad38967c30128e1534cbf9484 commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/1dc759571f3df14891175fc52527f7624ba01322 commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/da2e0cfbb620b199927a1e5b93b7cfde32083c7d commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/2e54d53b65e296b4b4bdc2cdd3b2b58dfa8d8c5c commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/bdd41b96e814300c66222cf4e47ecb8aef995656 commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/63c5e48d6f7f5722a48f63e13e961dc5302894ed commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/a3f315be9d30eeb6938d11fa17fd4b32d52f7c42 commit
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red hat product security vex CVE-2026-98569 updated cvss 4.4
kernel: ip_gre: Reject enabling collect metadata through changelink
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 perf, kernel, python-perf, kernel-kdump, kernel-firmware, kernel-bootwrapper, +1 moreaffected: no fix planned “Out of support scope”
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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 Enterprise Linux 10 kernel 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-9affected: no fix available “Fix deferred”
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
0.22% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 12% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-11).
Affected products
- Linux Linux
Classification
- Technology feeds
References
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/c80315da84998b69b8829785a174b0bf72a81992
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/cff8b520312e750ad38967c30128e1534cbf9484
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/1dc759571f3df14891175fc52527f7624ba01322
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/da2e0cfbb620b199927a1e5b93b7cfde32083c7d
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/2e54d53b65e296b4b4bdc2cdd3b2b58dfa8d8c5c
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/bdd41b96e814300c66222cf4e47ecb8aef995656
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/63c5e48d6f7f5722a48f63e13e961dc5302894ed
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/a3f315be9d30eeb6938d11fa17fd4b32d52f7c42
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2026-98569
- NVD CVE-2026-98569
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