Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling Affecting torvalds/linux package, versions [3.2,6.6.160)[6.7,6.12.113)[6.13,6.18.56)[6.19,7.2.10)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.2% (10th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-TORVALDSLINUX-21244346
  • published19 Oct 2026
  • disclosed18 Oct 2026
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 18 Oct 2026

NewCVE-2026-98705  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-770  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade torvalds/linux to version 6.6.160, 6.12.113, 6.18.56, 7.2.10 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in the management of mesh and proxy paths within the wireless networking subsystem. An attacker can bypass intended path limits by manipulating the mpp_path_add process, potentially leading to resource exhaustion or denial of service by exceeding the maximum allowed mesh paths.

Note: The Linux kernel project assigns a CVE to every bug fix it ships, whether or not the bug has been shown to be exploitable. This advisory was generated from that process and has not been individually assessed for exploitability. See the kernel's CVE process documentation: https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/master/Documentation/process/cve.rst

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1