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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-98375

🗓️ 10 Oct 2026 00:00:00Reported by TenableType 
nessus
 nessus
🔗 www.tenable.com👁 7 Views

Buffer over-read in xen/netfront handle_incoming_queue() causes BUG() or reading past data.

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circl
Circl
CVE-2026-98375
9 Oct 202609:46
–circl
cve
CVE
CVE-2026-98375
9 Oct 202607:10
–cve
cvelist
Cvelist
CVE-2026-98375 xen/netfront: drop RX packets with a short Ethernet header
9 Oct 202607:10
–cvelist
debiancve
Debian CVE
CVE-2026-98375
9 Oct 202607:10
–debiancve
euvd
EUVD
EUVD-2026-95525
9 Oct 202607:10
–euvd
nvd
NVD
CVE-2026-98375
9 Oct 202608:16
–nvd
osv
OSV
DEBIAN-CVE-2026-98375
9 Oct 202608:16
–osv
ptsecurity
Positive Technologies
PT-2026-108761
9 Oct 202600:00
–ptsecurity
redhatcve
RedhatCVE
CVE-2026-98375
10 Oct 202615:13
–redhatcve
xen
Xen Project
Linux xen-netfront: backend can crash guest via malformed RX packets
9 Oct 202608:52
–xen
#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80900
##
# (C) Tenable, Inc.
##

include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(364519);
  script_version("1.1");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2026/10/10");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2026-98375");

  script_name(english:"Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-98375");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed with a vulnerability that the vendor indicates will not be
patched.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied
patch available.

  - xen/netfront: drop RX packets with a short Ethernet header handle_incoming_queue() pulls pull_to bytes
    into the head before calling eth_type_trans(). pull_to is the length of the first RX slot, capped at
    RX_COPY_THRESHOLD, and that length comes from the backend. Nothing checks it against ETH_HLEN. If the
    first slot is shorter than ETH_HLEN and more slots follow, the head ends up shorter than an Ethernet
    header while skb->len is longer, and eth_type_trans() BUG()s in __skb_pull(). If the whole packet is
    shorter than ETH_HLEN, eth_type_trans() reads the header past the end of the data instead. Pull at least
    ETH_HLEN, and drop the packet if that fails, which also drops packets too short to hold an Ethernet
    header. This also checks the return value of the pull, which was ignored. (CVE-2026-98375)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-98375");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"There is no known solution at this time.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"agent", value:"unix");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:U/RC:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:U/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2026-98375");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vendor_unpatched", value:"true");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2026/10/09");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2026/10/10");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:12.0");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:13.0");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:14.0");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:linux");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family(english:"Misc.");

  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2026 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info2.nasl", "set_linux_os_id.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/cpu", "Host/local_checks_enabled", "global_settings/vendor_unpatched", "Host/OS/identifier");
  script_require_ports("Host/OS/Debian Linux-12", "Host/OS/Debian Linux-13", "Host/OS/Debian Linux-14");

  exit(0);
}

if (!get_kb_item("global_settings/vendor_unpatched")) exit(0, "Unpatched Vulnerabilities Detection not active.");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (empty_or_null(get_one_kb_item("Host/Debian/dpkg-l"))) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

include('linux_unpatched.inc');

var distro_constraints_array = {
  "Debian Linux-12": {
    "package_manager": "dpkg-l",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "12",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "btrfs-modules-6.1.0-50-alpha-generic-di"},
          {"reference": "cdrom-core-modules-6.1.0-50-alpha-generic-di"},
          {"reference": "ext4-modules-6.1.0-50-alpha-generic-di"},
          {"reference": "fat-modules-6.1.0-50-alpha-generic-di"},
          {"reference": "isofs-modules-6.1.0-50-alpha-generic-di"},
          {"reference": "jfs-modules-6.1.0-50-alpha-generic-di"},
          {"reference": "kernel-image-6.1.0-50-alpha-generic-di"},
          {"reference": "linux-doc"},
          {"reference": "linux-doc-6.1"},
          {"reference": "linux-headers-6.1.0"},
          {"reference": "linux-source"},
          {"reference": "linux-source-6.1"},
          {"reference": "linux-support-6.1.0"},
          {"reference": "loop-modules-6.1.0-50-alpha-generic-di"},
          {"reference": "nic-modules-6.1.0-50-alpha-generic-di"},
          {"reference": "nic-shared-modules-6.1.0-50-alpha-generic-di"},
          {"reference": "nic-wireless-modules-6.1.0-50-alpha-generic-di"},
          {"reference": "pata-modules-6.1.0-50-alpha-generic-di"},
          {"reference": "ppp-modules-6.1.0-50-alpha-generic-di"},
          {"reference": "scsi-core-modules-6.1.0-50-alpha-generic-di"},
          {"reference": "scsi-modules-6.1.0-50-alpha-generic-di"},
          {"reference": "scsi-nic-modules-6.1.0-50-alpha-generic-di"},
          {"reference": "serial-modules-6.1.0-50-alpha-generic-di"},
          {"reference": "usb-serial-modules-6.1.0-50-alpha-generic-di"},
          {"reference": "xfs-modules-6.1.0-50-alpha-generic-di"}
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "Debian Linux-14": {
    "package_manager": "dpkg-l",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "14",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "bpftool"},
          {"reference": "hyperv-daemons"},
          {"reference": "intel-sdsi"},
          {"reference": "libcpupower-dev"},
          {"reference": "libcpupower1"},
          {"reference": "linux-base-7.2.9+deb14-alpha-generic"},
          {"reference": "linux-base-7.2.9+deb14-amd64"},
          {"reference": "linux-base-7.2.9+deb14-arm64"},
          {"reference": "linux-base-7.2.9+deb14-arm64-16k"},
          {"reference": "linux-base-7.2.9+deb14-armmp"},
          {"reference": "linux-base-7.2.9+deb14-armmp-lpae"},
          {"reference": "linux-base-7.2.9+deb14-cloud-amd64"},
          {"reference": "linux-base-7.2.9+deb14-cloud-arm64"},
          {"reference": "linux-base-7.2.9+deb14-loong64"},
          {"reference": "linux-base-7.2.9+deb14-m68k"},
          {"reference": "linux-base-7.2.9+deb14-parisc"},
          {"reference": "linux-base-7.2.9+deb14-parisc64"},
          {"reference": "linux-base-7.2.9+deb14-powerpc"},
          {"reference": "linux-base-7.2.9+deb14-powerpc64"},
          {"reference": "linux-base-7.2.9+deb14-powerpc64-64k"},
          {"reference": "linux-base-7.2.9+deb14-powerpc64le"},
          {"reference": "linux-base-7.2.9+deb14-powerpc64le-64k"},
          {"reference": "linux-base-7.2.9+deb14-riscv64"},
          {"reference": "linux-base-7.2.9+deb14-rt-amd64"},
          {"reference": "linux-base-7.2.9+deb14-rt-arm64"},
          {"reference": "linux-base-7.2.9+deb14-s390x"},
          {"reference": "linux-base-7.2.9+deb14-sh7751r"},
          {"reference": "linux-base-7.2.9+deb14-sparc64"},
          {"reference": "linux-base-7.2.9+deb14-test"},
          {"reference": "linux-base-alpha-generic"},
          {"reference": "linux-base-armmp"},
          {"reference": "linux-base-armmp-lpae"},
          {"reference": "linux-base-loong64"},
          {"reference": "linux-base-m68k"}
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "Debian Linux-13": {
    "package_manager": "dpkg-l",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "13",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "bpftool"},
          {"reference": "hyperv-daemons"},
          {"reference": "intel-sdsi"},
          {"reference": "libcpupower-dev"},
          {"reference": "libcpupower1"},
          {"reference": "linux-bpf-dev"},
          {"reference": "linux-config-6.12"},
          {"reference": "linux-cpupower"},
          {"reference": "linux-doc"},
          {"reference": "linux-doc-6.12"},
          {"reference": "linux-headers-4kc-malta"},
          {"reference": "linux-headers-5kc-malta"},
          {"reference": "linux-headers-6.12.107+deb13-4kc-malta"},
          {"reference": "linux-headers-6.12.107+deb13-5kc-malta"},
          {"reference": "linux-headers-6.12.107+deb13-alpha-generic"},
          {"reference": "linux-headers-6.12.107+deb13-alpha-smp"},
          {"reference": "linux-headers-6.12.107+deb13-amd64"},
          {"reference": "linux-headers-6.12.107+deb13-arm64"},
          {"reference": "linux-headers-6.12.107+deb13-arm64-16k"},
          {"reference": "linux-headers-6.12.107+deb13-armmp"},
          {"reference": "linux-headers-6.12.107+deb13-armmp-lpae"},
          {"reference": "linux-headers-6.12.107+deb13-cloud-amd64"},
          {"reference": "linux-headers-6.12.107+deb13-cloud-arm64"},
          {"reference": "linux-headers-6.12.107+deb13-common"},
          {"reference": "linux-headers-6.12.107+deb13-common-rt"},
          {"reference": "linux-headers-6.12.107+deb13-loong64"},
          {"reference": "linux-headers-6.12.107+deb13-loongson-3"},
          {"reference": "linux-headers-6.12.107+deb13-m68k"},
          {"reference": "linux-headers-6.12.107+deb13-mips32r2eb"},
          {"reference": "linux-headers-6.12.107+deb13-mips32r2el"},
          {"reference": "linux-headers-6.12.107+deb13-mips64r2eb"}
        ]
      }
    ]
  }
};

var distro_constraints_values = linux_unpatched::get_distro_constraints(distro_constraints_arr:distro_constraints_array);
if (empty_or_null(distro_constraints_values)) audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, 'affected');

var third_party_support = get_kb_item('Host/OS/extended-third-party');
if (!empty_or_null(third_party_support)) {
    var third_party_vendors = distro_constraints_values['third_party'];
    if (!empty_or_null(third_party_vendors)) {
        var vendor;
        foreach vendor (third_party_vendors) {
            if (vendor == third_party_support) exit(0, 'A third party management patch is available for this vulnerability from ' + vendor + '.\n');
        }
    }
}

var report = linux_unpatched::check_unpatched_constraints(distro_constraints_values:distro_constraints_values);

if (!empty_or_null(report))
{
  security_report_v4(
      port       : 0,
      severity   : SECURITY_WARNING,
      extra      : report
  );
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, 'affected');
}

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10 Oct 2026 00:00Current
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Vulners AI Score5.8
EPSS0.00169
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