# genetlink: pin family module during policy dump

CVE record · `CVE-2026-97901`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2026-97901`
- **State:** Confirmed
- **Severity:** No CVSS score
- **Critical:** No
- **CNA:** Linux
- **Technologies:** [Linux kernel](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/linux-kernel.md)
- **Published:** 25 Sept 2026
- **Updated:** 30 Oct 2026
- **Reviewed by a person:** No

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: Linux) at 25 Sept 2026, 10:22 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known. This CVE names a vendor and product rather than a package, so the lockfile check doesn’t match it.

## Affected products, as the CNA wrote them

- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `d07dcf9aadd6b2842b439e8668ff7ea2873f28d7 to before 7ee2c0f82354da9bae04b14e0e5b2037d2de48a7` (git)
  - affected: `d07dcf9aadd6b2842b439e8668ff7ea2873f28d7 to before 7f71414c206a0e2babf4ec2756c0d15776c5dfd2` (git)
  - affected: `d07dcf9aadd6b2842b439e8668ff7ea2873f28d7 to before ad01ec35360e803670168d63a856629d6aeaec48` (git)
  - affected: `d07dcf9aadd6b2842b439e8668ff7ea2873f28d7 to before 1a345d95e59a99e25404138b5a1ec2edcb03269f` (git)
  - affected: `d07dcf9aadd6b2842b439e8668ff7ea2873f28d7 to before 6e4d746e55c83c240cffce92356763d16b236af5` (git)
  - affected: `d07dcf9aadd6b2842b439e8668ff7ea2873f28d7 to before 508387ad95ef9c13aa6431678c39763e882da2dc` (git)
  - affected: `d07dcf9aadd6b2842b439e8668ff7ea2873f28d7 to before 6d8e653fcf1c90310797eeba8e5fafe9ccc3de9e` (git)
  - affected: `d07dcf9aadd6b2842b439e8668ff7ea2873f28d7 to before 6a1094c34d176827b2b173e163dcc964a13af93f` (git)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `5.8`
  - unaffected: `before 5.8` (semver)
  - unaffected: `5.10.273 to 5.10.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `5.15.224 to 5.15.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.1.191 to 6.1.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.6.160 to 6.6.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.12.112 to 6.12.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.18.53 to 6.18.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `7.2.7 to 7.2.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `7.3 to *, inclusive` (original_commit_for_fix)
  - Other versions: affected

## Machine-written summary

Summary written by Claude Haiku from the source advisory. Not reviewed by a person.

> The Linux kernel from 5.8 until the fixes is affected by a flaw in generic netlink policy dumps, where a pending dump can use policy memory after the target family's module has been unloaded. The source gives few details on the required access or the impact. Upgrade to 5.10.273, 5.15.224, 6.1.191, 6.6.160, or a later release in those series.

Written 12 Nov 2026.

## Not analysed yet

We haven’t published our own analysis of this CVE. If a person reviews it, this page will say what’s affected and what has to be true for it to matter.

## Severity and exploitation

No source has published a CVSS score for this record yet.

- **CISA KEV:** Not listed.
- **EPSS:** 0.0022, the 12th percentile, on 12 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

## Timeline

This record came from the full history of the CVE Program, published 25 Sept 2026. New records show when each source confirmed them.

## Sources

- [CVE List: CVE-2026-97901](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-97901)
- [NVD: CVE-2026-97901](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-97901)

### References from the CNA

- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7ee2c0f82354da9bae04b14e0e5b2037d2de48a7>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7f71414c206a0e2babf4ec2756c0d15776c5dfd2>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ad01ec35360e803670168d63a856629d6aeaec48>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1a345d95e59a99e25404138b5a1ec2edcb03269f>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6e4d746e55c83c240cffce92356763d16b236af5>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/508387ad95ef9c13aa6431678c39763e882da2dc>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6d8e653fcf1c90310797eeba8e5fafe9ccc3de9e>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6a1094c34d176827b2b173e163dcc964a13af93f>

Facts on this page come from the CVE List as the CNA published them, with CVSS from the sources named above, CISA KEV and FIRST EPSS. Vendors, products and versions are shown as the CNA wrote them. We don’t reproduce the CVE’s description.

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