{"cve":"CVE-2026-98873","nvd":{"published":"2026-10-23T12:18:20.753","modified":"2026-10-26T07:17:11.740","status":"Received","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnetfilter: nf_conntrack_expect: zero at allocation time\n\nThere are occasional LLM hints wrt. leaking uninitialized data to\nuserspace via ctnetlink.  Just zero at allocation time,\nexpectations are not frequently used these days.\n\nIntentionally keeps _init as-is because we could theoretically\nsupport re-init, so add the missing exp->dir there.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":[],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/241ccd2fed9051db443aadce248fc0ab30f55e97","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/39cb6ff947c16a576ea68c5f272e634acdcb0085","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/824397af7bfe14edad374c64253dae0187ca623d","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/90545aa07a183887e9d72ce573c18e08f62e2c91","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9c11d7ea5ff4dbe162e79f00188814ef5483c295"],"products":[],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-26T07:33:01.631659812+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2026-98873","score":0.00179,"percentile":0.07398,"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."]}