Disclosure summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ipvs: fix reversed sequence option serialization hton_seq() expects the host-order source first and the unaligned network-order destination second. The version 1 sync sender passes these arguments in reverse for both sequence blocks. This leaves 24 bytes of the kmalloc-backed message unwritten. It may disclose stale heap data and replace the live connection sequence state with values read from the buffer. Pass the connection sequence state as the source and the message payload as the destination for both blocks.
Source-reported weakness categories
CWE-125
Source-specific records & product guidance
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NIST National Vulnerability Database · NVD-CVE-2026-98078
Open original source · Updated Oct 08, 2026
Only CPE matches marked vulnerable=true are indexed. AND/OR platform conditions must be checked in the original NVD record.
| Vendor | Product / association | Version / bounds |
|---|---|---|
| linux | linux_kernel | * {"versionStartIncluding":"6.19","versionEndExcluding":"7.2.7"} |
| linux | linux_kernel | 7.3 |
| linux | linux_kernel | 7.3 |
Original records & references
- NIST NVD record
- CVE Program record
- git.kernel.org — Patch
- git.kernel.org — Patch
- git.kernel.org — Patch
- git.kernel.org — Patch
- git.kernel.org — Patch
- git.kernel.org — Patch
- git.kernel.org — Patch
- git.kernel.org — Patch
PUBLISHED 2026-09-25T07:17:37-04:00
MODIFIED 2026-10-08T11:27:50-04:00
INGESTED 2026-10-10T20:45:41-04:00