{"cve":"CVE-2026-98281","nvd":{"published":"2026-10-06T09:18:18.040","modified":"2026-10-19T10:18:29.547","status":"Received","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nfutex: Also allocate private hash on vfork()\n\nAs Jann demonstrated, it is entirely feasible to access the mm through vfork().\nTherefore we need to allocate a private hash on vfork() as well as any other\nCLONE_VM user.\n\nSpecifically, it must be avoided to have (private) futex waiters before\nallocating the private hash.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","score":7.8},"cwes":[],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5468a4855b63b30156a79e5248e01bf1a2c18dd7","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b61b6f95d6722ddbbbd09e689fa41b55fd36f9a5","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/eecbafa8cabbc4d1482f6a5e2acc25a8f934681b"],"products":[],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:57:46.668721662+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2026-98281","score":0.00127,"percentile":0.02371,"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."]}