# exit: hold a reference to thread_pid across proc_flush_pid

CVE record · `CVE-2026-97903`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2026-97903`
- **State:** Confirmed
- **Severity:** CVSS 7.8 High
- **Critical:** No
- **CNA:** Linux
- **Technologies:** [Linux kernel](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/linux-kernel.md)
- **Published:** 25 Sept 2026
- **Updated:** 19 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: `0a36bad01731e71568bdd365764d38b6bd576ab0 to before bcb0936862f2b653114d9bd582ca26990ef54a64` (git)
  - affected: `0a36bad01731e71568bdd365764d38b6bd576ab0 to before 96803a12e8ac15f0a1b4b151db59038f12304e58` (git)
  - affected: `0a36bad01731e71568bdd365764d38b6bd576ab0 to before cdd812d0683dee14ead02c9eded568685e61b23f` (git)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `6.16`
  - unaffected: `before 6.16` (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

## 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

- 7.8 High, CVSS 3.1: `CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`, from CNA (Linux)

- **CISA KEV:** Not listed.
- **EPSS:** 0.0012, the 2nd 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-2026-97903](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-97903)
- [NVD: CVE-2026-97903](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-97903)

### References from the CNA

- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bcb0936862f2b653114d9bd582ca26990ef54a64>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/96803a12e8ac15f0a1b4b151db59038f12304e58>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cdd812d0683dee14ead02c9eded568685e61b23f>

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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- As JSON: <https://api.agentprime.io/v1/advisories/CVE-2026-97903>
- Everything that needs attention now: <https://agentprime.io/advisories/critical.md>

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