{"id":"CVE-2026-98078","title":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nipvs: fix reversed sequence option serialization\n\nhton_seq() expects the host-order source first and the unaligned\nnetwork-order destination second","summary":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nipvs: fix reversed sequence option serialization\n\nhton_seq() expects the host-order source first and the unaligned\nnetwork-order destination second. The version 1 sync …","severity":"none","vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","affected":["Linux >= 986a075795339c5ea1122ce9290dfd5504252eb0 < e1c9f9446d3eaae323f1689f9e5de3b1ad6e47ec","Linux >= 986a075795339c5ea1122ce9290dfd5504252eb0 < 524599714558da83747c04952d378155c69f5b6b","Linux >= 986a075795339c5ea1122ce9290dfd5504252eb0 < de6cc6ec7932bc530f2bb92005dac9123d50659c","Linux >= 986a075795339c5ea1122ce9290dfd5504252eb0 < b04578b74f2d3755548fe9e829e3b2a6c6f966a1","Linux 2.6.39"],"published":"2026-09-25","updated":"2026-09-25","sourceUpdated":"2026-09-25T11:17:37.200","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-98078","references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/524599714558da83747c04952d378155c69f5b6b","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b04578b74f2d3755548fe9e829e3b2a6c6f966a1","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/de6cc6ec7932bc530f2bb92005dac9123d50659c","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e1c9f9446d3eaae323f1689f9e5de3b1ad6e47ec","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"}],"tags":["nvd","cve.org"],"ingestedAt":"2026-09-25T11:06:38.837Z","slug":"CVE-2026-98078","body":"## Overview\n\nIn the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nipvs: fix reversed sequence option serialization\n\nhton_seq() expects the host-order source first and the unaligned\nnetwork-order destination second. The version 1 sync sender passes these\narguments in reverse for both sequence blocks. This leaves 24 bytes of the\nkmalloc-backed message unwritten. It may disclose stale heap data and\nreplace the live connection sequence state with values read from the\nbuffer.\n\nPass the connection sequence state as the source and the message payload as\nthe destination for both blocks.\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.","depth":"sunlit","depthScore":3,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":2.8,"likelihood":0,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}