{
  "affected": [
    {
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "9e2ee5c7e7c35d195e2aa0692a7241d47a433d1e"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "bba6b1b086f9f4ddbfdaba7ea6279dc3abec70c7"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "184b5ddf82d45d6f75cc83719a2e453392512bd2"
            }
          ],
          "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
          "type": "GIT"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Linux",
        "name": "Kernel"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "5.15.0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "7.2.11"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cna_assigner": "Linux",
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/98xxx/CVE-2026-98966.json"
  },
  "details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nbonding: fix the program leak when XDP is replaced\n\nWe need to release the reference on the old BPF prog, whether\nwe are going to no-prog, or replacing the prog with another.\n\nSpotted by AI while running tests for the propagation series\n(leaked programs were accumulating). Selftest will come in\nthe net-next series to avoid conflicts.",
  "id": "CVE-2026-98966",
  "modified": "2026-10-28T02:30:50.715713872Z",
  "published": "2026-10-23T12:19:36.024Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/184b5ddf82d45d6f75cc83719a2e453392512bd2"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bba6b1b086f9f4ddbfdaba7ea6279dc3abec70c7"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/98xxx/CVE-2026-98966.json"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-98966"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.9.2",
  "summary": "bonding: fix the program leak when XDP is replaced"
}