Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop') Affecting kernel-rt-kvm package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.21% (11th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS10-KERNELRTKVM-20986592
  • published16 Oct 2026
  • disclosed14 Oct 2026

Introduced: 14 Oct 2026

NewCVE-2026-98394  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-835  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Centos:10 kernel-rt-kvm.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-rt-kvm package and not the kernel-rt-kvm package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:10 relevant fixed versions and status.

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

af_unix: Return immediately when manage_oob() returns NULL for 0-length buffer.

Fahad Alharbi reported that recv(0, MSG_PEEK) triggers busy-wait in unix_stream_read_generic() if recv() is blocking and the last skb in the queue is MSG_OOB skb.

In such a situation, TCP returns 0 immediately regardless of blocking or non-blocking.

Let's follow the behaviour.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1