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TCP Use-After-Free: CVE-2026-98432 / CVSS 9.8

by Atlas Security atlasum.net published 2026-10-29

CVE-2026-98432 is a CVSS 9.8 remote use-after-free in Linux's IPv4 TCP handshake, fixed upstream Oct 15. RHEL has fixes; Ubuntu's are still in testing.

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