# cveboard — Historical CVE brief

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Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation.

## Source facts (JSON-quoted data)
CNA source text (English)
id: "CVE-2026-98089"
idYear: 2026
status: "PUBLISHED"
publishedAt: "2026-09-25T10:24:22.877Z"
updatedAt: "2026-10-19T09:13:41.394Z"
importedAt: "2026-10-24T01:58:41.756Z"
snapshot: {"id":"cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline","at":"2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z","source":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/releases/tag/cve_2026-10-24_0100Z"}
url: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-98089"
json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-98089.json"
sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-98089"
title: "bonding: alb: fix uninitialized transport header access in alb_determine_nd()"
summary: "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nbonding: alb: fix uninitialized transport header access in alb_determine_nd()\n\nalb_determine_nd() uses icmp6_hdr(skb) to inspect ICMPv6 headers.\nHowever, in xmit paths (e.g. packets sent via AF_PACKET / raw sockets\nor forwarded packets), skb-\u003etransport_header is not guaranteed to be\ninitialized. While pskb_network_may_pull() ensures the packet data is\nlinear starting from the network header, it does not set or adjust the\ntransport header offset.\n\nDereferencing icmp6_hdr(skb) can therefore access out-of-bounds memory.\n\nFetch the icmp6hdr directly after ipv6hdr following pskb_network_may_pull(),\nand reload ipv6hdr in case pskb_may_pull() reallocated skb-\u003ehead.\nAlso remove the unused bond argument from alb_determine_nd()."
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