Medium severity5.3NVD Advisory· Published Sep 25, 2026· Updated Oct 28, 2026
CVE-2026-98097
CVE-2026-98097
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
tipc: Dont send random pad bytes in RESET/ACTIVATE messages
The interface name is passed in a fixed length (TIPC_MAX_IF_NAME) buffer. Replace the strcpy(data, l->if_name) with memcpy() so that the pad bytes are actually written (l->if_name[] is zero padded) rather than sending random bytes from the skb to the remote system.
Replace two other strcpy() with strscpy().
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Affected products
5- osv-coords2 versions
>= 4.6.0, < 6.6.160+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: >= 4.6.0, < 6.6.160
- (no CPE)range: < 7.2.9-1.1
Patches
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References
5- git.kernel.org/stable/c/3dbb628cfc592a4148d8136dcda1f706cdcad4f3nvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/48033a89356b8ae21a94db70c79bb6fcc91a23c2nvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/4ab2977323d5f068a872126f7818d1aeb9e9ca0dnvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/81c600c26302a27852ed8b19c5f2f647ea3555c9nvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/bee1459e57f2e0bd240c62f35c0a284291e27971nvdPatch
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