{"id":"AZL-110596","summary":"CVE-2026-98873 affecting package kernel 6.6.157.1-1","details":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnetfilter: nf_conntrack_expect: zero at allocation time\n\nThere are occasional LLM hints wrt. leaking uninitialized data to\nuserspace via ctnetlink.  Just zero at allocation time,\nexpectations are not frequently used these days.\n\nIntentionally keeps _init as-is because we could theoretically\nsupport re-init, so add the missing exp-\u003edir there.","modified":"2026-10-30T05:35:37Z","published":"2026-10-23T12:18:20Z","upstream":["CVE-2026-98873"],"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-98873"}],"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-110596.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.9.2"}