{"cve":"CVE-2026-98384","nvd":{"published":"2026-10-09T08:16:56.940","modified":"2026-10-19T10:18:41.760","status":"Received","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nbpf: Fix out-of-bounds read of sk_protocol in bpf_sock_destroy()\n\nsk_protocol lives in struct sock, not in struct sock_common. A timewait\nor request sock handed to bpf_sock_destroy() by the tcp iterator is\nneither, so reading sk->sk_protocol runs past the object:\n\n==================================================================\nBUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in bpf_sock_destroy+0xc7/0xe0\nRead of size 2 at addr ffff8881047d11b4 by task test_progs/428\n\nTainted: [W]=WARN\nCall Trace:\n <TASK>\n dump_stack_lvl+0x91/0xf0\n print_report+0xd1/0x630\n kasan_report+0xf3/0x130\n __asan_report_load2_noabort+0x14/0x30\n bpf_sock_destroy+0xc7/0xe0\n bpf_prog_c3dd61f9d9cd9f37_iter_tcp6_timewait+0x9f/0xb7\n bpf_iter_run_prog+0x538/0xde0\n bpf_iter_tcp_seq_show+0x26b/0x4b0\n bpf_seq_read+0x424/0x1210\n vfs_read+0x197/0xe40\n ksys_read+0x119/0x240\n __x64_sys_read+0x72/0xc0\n x64_sys_call+0x647/0x27e0\n do_syscall_64+0xe5/0x610\n entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e\n\nOnly check sk_protocol on full socks. tcp_abort() already knows how to\ndeal with TIME_WAIT and NEW_SYN_RECV socks. Also fix the comment, it\nnever matched the code.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":[],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/01b245ba016d44861690594e10f67e026ce8552f","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2534a5e5d360c2b10203cfa80f4ab9d021e48f2f","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5b4eb82475ae17d55974235c09e97044829426a8","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/91a482a81eabddebf5430cbbdf12027e1a91b767","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a9651704c6fd64590b5ad4fbe7c3768accf95993"],"products":[],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:58:01.639778232+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2026-98384","score":0.00156,"percentile":0.04734,"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."]}