{"cve":"CVE-2026-98117","nvd":{"published":"2026-09-25T11:17:42.920","modified":"2026-10-19T10:18:10.010","status":"Undergoing Analysis","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ncachefiles: Fix potential UAF/KASAN warning\n\nCurrently, trace_cachefiles_coherency() is being passed a pointer to a\n__be64 lain over the coherency data in struct cachefiles_xattr so that it\ncan display the first 8 bytes.  However, the data is of variable length and\ncould even be 0 bytes.  This could lead to a UAF or KASAN warning.\n\nFix this by making sure the buffer has room for at least 8 bytes and that\nthose 8 bytes are pre-cleared.\n\nFurther, those bytes are not 8-byte aligned, so fix the tracepoint to\nextract the data as four 2-byte words (they are 2-byte aligned) and\nreassemble the __be64.  The compiler will convert this into a single 8-byte\nload where the CPU supports it.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":[],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/68d459e6e609c31f96a203dd6eec60c634f155e1","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/93488ea378b4427598cace558236c110515d743b","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a67632c8c2688d6e0091529bcefe54bc5ee80e9b"],"products":[],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:56:02.509636177+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2026-98117","score":0.00167,"percentile":0.05861,"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."]}