UBUNTU-CVE-2026-98158

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: pppasync: drop the errored frame instead of resetting its headroom pppreceivenonmpframe prepends a two-byte direction tag before running the pass/active BPF filters: be16 skbpushskb, 2 = htonsPPPFILTERINBOUNDTAG; Nothing on the...

CVE-2026-98158

A vulnerability in the Linux kernel 's ppp_async component allows for a remote Denial of Service (DoS) . The issue stems from the ppp_receive_nonmp_frame() function failing to guarantee two bytes of headroom when prepending a direction tag. Specifically, when process_input_packet() encounters a f...

CVE-2026-98158 ppp_async: drop the errored frame instead of resetting its headroom

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: pppasync: drop the errored frame instead of resetting its headroom pppreceivenonmpframe prepends a two-byte direction tag before running the pass/active BPF filters: be16 skbpushskb, 2 = htonsPPPFILTERINBOUNDTAG; Nothing on the...

CVE-2026-98158

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: pppasync: drop the errored frame instead of resetting its headroom pppreceivenonmpframe prepends a two-byte direction tag before running the pass/active BPF filters: be16 skbpushskb, 2 = htonsPPPFILTERINBOUNDTAG; Nothing on the...