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sysctl: Check range in proc_dointvec_ms_jiffies_minmax

Type: advisorySource: Official CVE List1 source record

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: sysctl: Check range in proc_dointvec_ms_jiffies_minmax Add the range check to do_proc_int_conv_ms_jiffies_minmax that commit d174174c6776 ("sysctl: replace SYSCTL_INT_CONV_CUSTOM macro with functions") incorrectly removed.

Announced Source revision 1
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CVE-2026-98434

Primary source · Revision 1

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Source reference: cve:CVE-2026-98434

Linux

Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/0/product

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Linux

Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/1/product

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Structured affected-version data

Original package identities and version rules from this source.

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    "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
    "vendor": "Linux",
    "product": "Linux",
    "versions": [
      {
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "d174174c6776a340f5c25aab1ac47a2dd950f380",
        "lessThan": "1c23dba51dbf7e86c7c2e617c964be1411329cb4",
        "versionType": "git"
      },
      {
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "d174174c6776a340f5c25aab1ac47a2dd950f380",
        "lessThan": "82431877d837a6c2593efd8e66ba28b35a220ca4",
        "versionType": "git"
      }
    ],
    "programFiles": [
      "kernel/time/jiffies.c"
    ],
    "defaultStatus": "unaffected"
  },
  {
    "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
    "vendor": "Linux",
    "product": "Linux",
    "versions": [
      {
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "7.0"
      },
      {
        "status": "unaffected",
        "version": "0",
        "lessThan": "7.0",
        "versionType": "semver"
      },
      {
        "status": "unaffected",
        "version": "7.2.8",
        "versionType": "semver",
        "lessThanOrEqual": "7.2.*"
      },
      {
        "status": "unaffected",
        "version": "7.3",
        "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix",
        "lessThanOrEqual": "*"
      }
    ],
    "programFiles": [
      "kernel/time/jiffies.c"
    ],
    "defaultStatus": "affected"
  }
]
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CVE-2026-98434

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