# powerpc/eeh: Fix recursive locking on devices without EEH sensitive driver

CVE record · `CVE-2026-97948`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2026-97948`
- **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:** 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: `502f08831a9afb72dc98a56ae6504da43e93b250 to before 3833dfae0680b6b16e2469fbc90aa48376311cd8` (git)
  - affected: `f56e004b781719d8fdf6c9619b15caf2579bc1f2 to before 24524fca27da674668941440e8e05cdfec0b0222` (git)
  - affected: `59c6d3d81d42bf543c90597b4f38c53d6874c5a1 to before a58531181363219fa5de2b53d5d7274dcdfca98b` (git)
  - affected: `a426e8a6ae161f51888585b065db0f8f93ab2e16 to before 460fab22b65138531082910702f74b048b25237b` (git)
  - affected: `d2c60a8a387e9fcc28447ef36c03f8e49fd052a6 to before 102e3dc5ab5ba052e294819e83384166b242c1ec` (git)
  - affected: `1010b4c012b0d78dfb9d3132b49aa2ef024a07a7 to before 2920af33d097ca335e492b346af70b72986ad6dc` (git)
  - affected: `1010b4c012b0d78dfb9d3132b49aa2ef024a07a7 to before 85d8eaefc052cf3e5ae2c7bafeda2db68b8898b4` (git)
  - affected: `1010b4c012b0d78dfb9d3132b49aa2ef024a07a7 to before c5e68706527968282e49de205cc2b935823cb88a` (git)
  - affected: `d42bbd8f30ac38b1ce54715bf08ec3dac18d6b25` (git)
  - affected: `19d5036e7ad766cf212aebec23b9f1d7924a62bc` (git)
  - affected: `5.10.241 to before 5.10.271` (semver)
  - affected: `5.15.190 to before 5.15.222` (semver)
  - and 5 more
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `6.17`
  - unaffected: `before 6.17` (semver)
  - unaffected: `5.10.271 to 5.10.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `5.15.222 to 5.15.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.1.189 to 6.1.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.6.158 to 6.6.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.12.111 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

## 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:** 0.0018, the 7th 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-2026-97948](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-97948)
- [NVD: CVE-2026-97948](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-97948)

### References from the CNA

- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3833dfae0680b6b16e2469fbc90aa48376311cd8>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/24524fca27da674668941440e8e05cdfec0b0222>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a58531181363219fa5de2b53d5d7274dcdfca98b>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/460fab22b65138531082910702f74b048b25237b>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/102e3dc5ab5ba052e294819e83384166b242c1ec>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2920af33d097ca335e492b346af70b72986ad6dc>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/85d8eaefc052cf3e5ae2c7bafeda2db68b8898b4>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c5e68706527968282e49de205cc2b935823cb88a>

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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