{"cve":"CVE-2026-98097","nvd":{"published":"2026-09-25T11:17:39.490","modified":"2026-10-21T13:21:22.327","status":"Undergoing Analysis","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ntipc: Dont send random pad bytes in RESET/ACTIVATE messages\n\nThe interface name is passed in a fixed length (TIPC_MAX_IF_NAME) buffer.\nReplace the strcpy(data, l->if_name) with memcpy() so that the\npad bytes are actually written (l->if_name[] is zero padded)\nrather than sending random bytes from the skb to the remote system.\n\nReplace two other strcpy() with strscpy().","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":[],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3dbb628cfc592a4148d8136dcda1f706cdcad4f3","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/48033a89356b8ae21a94db70c79bb6fcc91a23c2","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4ab2977323d5f068a872126f7818d1aeb9e9ca0d","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/81c600c26302a27852ed8b19c5f2f647ea3555c9","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bee1459e57f2e0bd240c62f35c0a284291e27971"],"products":[],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-22T16:41:11.231219466+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2026-98097","score":0.00183,"percentile":0.07849,"date":"2026-10-25"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}