CVE-2026-98130

Reference list NVD curates from the CNA record, vendor advisories, and third-party reports. The tag chips below are NVD's analyst-assigned categories.

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/00b841bac10230c557be6b38efc48508198fe23e 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2188569e7e1b0bc3f3b557dc97ab7a02befc11c8 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3d698d1e6c8bc41e3e1707777a016f1bdd07842d 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e42ba56281ca3ae2dcb3558bebee9a1c9a4831d9 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

The full cvelistV5 record. Download as CVE-2026-98130.json.

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          "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nsctp: fix a TOCTOU race in SCTP_CMD_TIMER_START\n\nThe SCTP_CMD_TIMER_START handler checks timer_pending() before calling\ntimer_reduce(). The timer can expire and detach between these operations,\ncausing timer_reduce() to rearm the timer without taking the association\nreference required for the newly armed timer.\n\nThe timer callback later unconditionally drops its association reference,\nwhich can leave the association reference count unbalanced and result in\nuse-after-free during association teardown.\n\nUse the return value of timer_reduce() to determine whether the timer was\nactually armed. Take the association reference only when timer_reduce()\nsuccessfully starts a new timer, closing the race between checking the\ntimer state and rearming it.\n\nThis issue was reported by Nico Yip (@_cyeaa_) working with TrendAI Zero\nDay Initiative."
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    "datePublished": "2026-09-25T10:36:10.243Z",
    "dateReserved": "2026-09-25T10:25:14.318Z",
    "dateUpdated": "2026-09-25T14:42:10.732Z",
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