CVE-2026-98434 PUBLISHED

sysctl: Check range in proc_dointvec_ms_jiffies_minmax

Assigner: Linux
Reserved: 25.09.2026 Published: 18.10.2026 Updated: 18.10.2026

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.

Product Status

Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from d174174c6776a340f5c25aab1ac47a2dd950f380 to 1c23dba51dbf7e86c7c2e617c964be1411329cb4 (excl.)
  • affected from d174174c6776a340f5c25aab1ac47a2dd950f380 to 82431877d837a6c2593efd8e66ba28b35a220ca4 (excl.)
Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: affected
  • Version 7.0 is affected
  • unaffected from 0 to 7.0 (excl.)
  • unaffected from 7.2.8 to 7.2.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.3-rc4 to * (incl.)

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