{"id":"AZL-108749","summary":"CVE-2026-98498 affecting package kernel 6.6.157.1-1","details":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnet/mlx5: Fix rev_entry reference leak in mlx5_tc_ct_shared_counter_get()\n\nWhen the reverse entry is found but its counter is already being\nreleased, refcount_inc_not_zero() fails and the reference taken by\nmlx5_tc_ct_entry_get() is never dropped before falling through to\ncreate_counter.  Drop it so the reverse entry is not kept alive forever\nby a shared counter lookup that did not use it.","modified":"2026-10-20T05:35:13Z","published":"2026-10-18T16:17:00Z","upstream":["CVE-2026-98498"],"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-98498"}],"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-108749.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.9.0"}