Not yet scoredPublished Oct 18, 2026

CVE-2026-98434sysctl: Check range in proc_dointvec_ms_jiffies_minmax

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 28, 2026, 12:20 AM ET)

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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: sysctl: Check range in proc_dointvec_ms_jiffies_minmax Add the range check to do_proc_int_conv_ms_jiffies_minmax that commit d174174c6776 ("sysctl: replace SYSCTL_INT_CONV_CUSTOM macro with functions") incorrectly removed.

CVSS: Not yet scored
Weakness (CWE): Not given
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: Linux
NVD analysis: Received
Record last updated: Oct 19, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 18, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

Linux Linux linux:linux (from the name)	from d174174c6776a340f5c25aab1ac47a2dd950f380 before 1c23dba51dbf7e86c7c2e617c964be1411329cb4; from d174174c6776a340f5c25aab1ac47a2dd950f380 before 82431877d837a6c2593efd8e66ba28b35a220ca4	CNA record

References

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1c23dba51dbf7e86c7c2e617c964be1411329cb4
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/82431877d837a6c2593efd8e66ba28b35a220ca4

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