Bug 2554863 (CVE-2026-98495)

Summary:	CVE-2026-98495 kernel: net: arp: terminate device name before lookup
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	OSIDB Bzimport <bzimport>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Product Security DevOps Team <prodsec-dev>
Status:	NEW ---	QA Contact:
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Priority:	medium
Version:	unspecified	CC:	akhatavk, aos-team-art-private, asdas, dpaolell, jdelft, jupierce, lgarciaa, mbiarnes, ppalepu, ppostler, prdhamdh, rhel-process-autobot, sghai, sidsharm, suppawar, vlaad, watson-tool-maintainers
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OS:	Linux
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Doc Text:	A flaw was found in the Linux kernel. A local user can trigger a Denial of Service (DoS) or potentially expose sensitive memory due to an out-of-bounds read flaw in the Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) networking interface. By supplying a network device request containing a device name that lacks proper null termination, the kernel can read past the end of allocated stack memory during interface name lookups. This issue can cause a system crash or lead to unintended information disclosure.	Story Points:	---
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-10-18 15:23:53 UTC

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

net: arp: terminate device name before lookup

The ARP ioctl copies a user-provided struct arpreq into a stack object. Its
arp_dev field may contain IFNAMSIZ bytes without a NUL terminator.

Such input is passed to dev_get_by_name_rcu() or __dev_get_by_name(), where
strcmp() can read past the end of the stack object when a matching
alternative interface name exists.

Terminate the field before the lookup to prevent the out-of-bounds read.