CVE-2026-98356

medium

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: RDMA/bnxt_re: check create_singlethread_workqueue() in DCB setup bnxt_re_init_dcb_wq() ignores a failed allocation. The async DCB handler later calls queue_work() on the NULL pointer.

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a0fb2007d00b440fd1adddd9b042f01744ed0efc

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/727bbda37d9758960c346546004eea4ad49242e1

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6c368f7baaea63c1c7c28c6df271511f2a1562c9

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2026-93341

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-10-06

Updated: 2026-10-19

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00161