{"id":"AZL-104265","summary":"CVE-2026-98073 affecting package kernel 6.6.157.1-1","details":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnet: Remove conflicting altnames for dying netns in __dev_change_net_namespace().\n\nsyzbot reported the warning in cfg80211_pernet_exit(). [0]\n\nThe repro does the following:\n\n  1. create two device in root netns and non-root netns\n  2. assign the same altname for the two devices\n  3. remove the non-root netns\n\nSince commit 7663d522099e (\"net: check for altname conflicts\nwhen changing netdev's netns\"), cfg80211_switch_netns() and\ncfg802154_switch_netns() fail if init_net has a device with the\nconflicting altname.\n\ndefault_device_exit_net() had the same issue and commit d09486a04f5d\n(\"net: fix removing a namespace with conflicting altnames\") fixed it.\n\ncfg80211_pernet_exit() and cfg802154_pernet_exit() need the same fix.\n\nLet's generalise the fix by removing conflicting altnames for dying\nnetns in __dev_change_net_namespace().\n\n[0]:\ncfg80211_switch_netns(rdev, &init_net)\nWARNING: net/wireless/core.c:1871 at cfg80211_pernet_exit+0xd5/0x120 net/wireless/core.c:1871, CPU#1: kworker/u8:9/1160\nModules linked in:\nCPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 1160 Comm: kworker/u8:9 Not tainted syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(full)\nHardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 07/24/2026\nWorkqueue: netns cleanup_net\nRIP: 0010:cfg80211_pernet_exit+0xd5/0x120 net/wireless/core.c:1871\nCode: e8 03 42 80 3c 20 00 74 08 4c 89 f7 e8 b4 ef 0e f7 4d 8b 36 49 81 fe 20 10 4a 90 74 12 e8 03 3d 9f f6 eb 85 e8 fc 3c 9f f6 90 \u003c0f\u003e 0b 90 eb cc e8 f1 3c 9f f6 eb 05 e8 ea 3c 9f f6 5b 41 5c 41 5e\nRSP: 0018:ffffc900057a78f0 EFLAGS: 00010293\nRAX: ffffffff8b287154 RBX: ffff88807ba72780 RCX: ffff8880213e8000\nRDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 00000000ffffffef RDI: 0000000000000000\nRBP: 00000000ffffffef R08: ffffffff9024cc67 R09: 0000000000000000\nR10: fffff52000af4eb0 R11: fffffbfff204998d R12: dffffc0000000000\nR13: ffffffff904a1080 R14: ffff888144ed0008 R15: ffff888144ed0e20\nFS:  0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff888124de6000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000\nCS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033\nCR2: 00005642de0a8a70 CR3: 000000007a40c000 CR4: 00000000003526f0\nCall Trace:\n \u003cTASK\u003e\n ops_exit_list net/core/net_namespace.c:200 [inline]\n ops_undo_list+0x43d/0x8d0 net/core/net_namespace.c:253\n cleanup_net+0x572/0x810 net/core/net_namespace.c:706\n process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:3387 [inline]\n process_scheduled_works+0xc3d/0x1630 kernel/workqueue.c:3470\n worker_thread+0xa47/0xfb0 kernel/workqueue.c:3551\n kthread+0x38b/0x480 kernel/kthread.c:436\n ret_from_fork+0x514/0xb70 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:158\n ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:245\n \u003c/TASK\u003e","modified":"2026-09-29T05:37:47Z","published":"2026-09-25T11:17:36Z","upstream":["CVE-2026-98073"],"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-98073"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"kernel","ecosystem":"Azure Linux:3","purl":"pkg:rpm/azure-linux/kernel"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"6.6.157.1-1"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData/blob/main/osv/AZL-104265.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.9.0"}