{"id":"CVE-2026-98285","title":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnet: bridge: vlan: fix bugs caused by switchdev deletion errors\n\nAllowing switchdev to prevent vlan deletion and error out in __vlan_del\ncould cause multiple different …","summary":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnet: bridge: vlan: fix bugs caused by switchdev deletion errors\n\nAllowing switchdev to prevent vlan deletion and error out in __vlan_del\ncould cause multiple different …","severity":"none","vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","affected":["Linux >= bf361ad38165939049a2649b1a0078f3268d4bd1 < ed3ea86db736a30bebf49b947c42730e8451bcd2","Linux >= bf361ad38165939049a2649b1a0078f3268d4bd1 < 2842ce397dd09882530b42f7fdb0c855767eb24e","Linux 4.3"],"published":"2026-10-06","updated":"2026-10-06","sourceUpdated":"2026-10-06T09:18:18.610","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-98285","references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2842ce397dd09882530b42f7fdb0c855767eb24e","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ed3ea86db736a30bebf49b947c42730e8451bcd2","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"}],"tags":["nvd","cve.org"],"ingestedAt":"2026-10-06T08:50:17.419Z","slug":"CVE-2026-98285","body":"## Overview\n\nIn the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnet: bridge: vlan: fix bugs caused by switchdev deletion errors\n\nAllowing switchdev to prevent vlan deletion and error out in __vlan_del\ncould cause multiple different issues - inconsistent state, memory leaks\nwhen flushing, NULL pointer dereference on bridge error when flushing.\nIt doesn't make sense to allow it to stop __vlan_del, so log the error\nand continue with software vlan deletion. This is also consistent with\n8021q behaviour.\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":[]}