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CVE-2026-98873 Details

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: nf_conntrack_expect: zero at allocation time There are occasional LLM hints wrt. leaking uninitialized data to userspace via ctnetlink. Just zero at allocation time, expectations are not frequently used these days. Intentionally keeps _init as-is because we could theoretically support re-init, so add the missing exp->dir there.

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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/241ccd2fed9051db443aadce248fc0ab30f55e97 kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/39cb6ff947c16a576ea68c5f272e634acdcb0085 kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/824397af7bfe14edad374c64253dae0187ca623d kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/90545aa07a183887e9d72ce573c18e08f62e2c91 kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9c11d7ea5ff4dbe162e79f00188814ef5483c295 kernel.org

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Weakness Enumeration

No weakness enumeration is available for this CVE.

Affected Products

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Change History

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QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2026-98873
NVD Published Date:
Oct 23, 2026
NVD Last Modified:
Oct 26, 2026
Source:
kernel.org
CVE-2026-98873 Details - Not Deferred