{"cve":"CVE-2026-98808","nvd":{"published":"2026-10-18T16:17:34.893","modified":"2026-10-21T13:21:47.480","status":"Received","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnet: systemport: Fix buffer overflow in bcm_sysport_get_stats()\n\nWhen running on SYSTEMPORT Lite, certain statistics are unsupported and\nskipped during bcm_sysport_get_stats(). The variable 'j' tracks the\ncompacted index into the destination data buffer, whereas 'i' iterates\nover all elements in bcm_sysport_gstrings_stats.\n\nBecause the buffer allocated by ethtool is sized only according to\nbcm_sysport_get_sset_count(), storing values at data[i] instead of\ndata[j] writes past the allocated array bounds, leading to memory\ncorruption.\n\nFix this by writing to data[j] instead of data[i].","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":[],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/29d1d35ad5ad379a904263ea1cd4ba1d71cd965f","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/96a2b042051553df0d9f03b518dd3b7105b36935","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/96d8b26be5bc451188acdcee055948da45adbde0","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/eb7b84af0ec5c71b4920e999611b466b3784496c","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/faba9fdde480356f4a1d3b1a5713b7b354858a1c"],"products":[],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-22T16:41:11.231219466+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2026-98808","score":0.00193,"percentile":0.08927,"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."]}