{"id":"CVE-2026-98285","title":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnet: bridge: vlan: fix bugs caused by switchdev deletion errors\n\nAllowing switchdev to prevent vlan deletion and error out in __vlan_del\ncould cause multiple different …","summary":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnet: bridge: vlan: fix bugs caused by switchdev deletion errors\n\nAllowing switchdev to prevent vlan deletion and error out in __vlan_del\ncould cause multiple different …","severity":"medium","vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","affected":["Linux >= bf361ad38165939049a2649b1a0078f3268d4bd1 < ed3ea86db736a30bebf49b947c42730e8451bcd2","Linux >= bf361ad38165939049a2649b1a0078f3268d4bd1 < 2842ce397dd09882530b42f7fdb0c855767eb24e","Linux 4.3"],"published":"2026-10-06","updated":"2026-10-06","sourceUpdated":"2026-10-06T09:18:18.610","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-98285","references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2842ce397dd09882530b42f7fdb0c855767eb24e","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ed3ea86db736a30bebf49b947c42730e8451bcd2","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-98285.json"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-98285"},{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2546514"},{"url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-98285"},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-98285"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/security/vulns.git/plain/cve/published/2026/CVE-2026-98285.mbox"}],"tags":["nvd","cve.org","csaf","vex","red-hat"],"ingestedAt":"2026-10-06T08:50:17.419Z","cvss":5.5,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","cvssSource":"vendor","cwe":["CWE-476"],"epss":0.00155,"epssPercentile":0.04617,"slug":"CVE-2026-98285","body":"## Overview\n\nIn the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnet: bridge: vlan: fix bugs caused by switchdev deletion errors\n\nAllowing switchdev to prevent vlan deletion and error out in __vlan_del\ncould cause multiple different issues - inconsistent state, memory leaks\nwhen flushing, NULL pointer dereference on bridge error when flushing.\nIt doesn't make sense to allow it to stop __vlan_del, so log the error\nand continue with software vlan deletion. This is also consistent with\n8021q behaviour.\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.\n\n## Vendor advisories\n\n- **Red Hat VEX** · Low · affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9, Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 · no fix planned: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9, … · updated 2026-10-18 · [vex](https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-98285.json)","depth":"sunlit","depthScore":30,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":30.3,"likelihood":0,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[{"seq":219065,"id":"CVE-2026-98285","ts":1791707048874,"field":"cvss","old":null,"new":"5.5"},{"seq":219064,"id":"CVE-2026-98285","ts":1791707048874,"field":"severity","old":"none","new":"medium"}]}