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CVE record · `CVE-2026-97949`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2026-97949`
- **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:** 21 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: `7063fbf2261194f72ee75afca67b3b38b554b5fa to before b315d865660766d45ecdbf7433a4e3d36a554b3b` (git)
  - affected: `7063fbf2261194f72ee75afca67b3b38b554b5fa to before 446720051d44eebaa81b33969173160057b73a33` (git)
  - affected: `7063fbf2261194f72ee75afca67b3b38b554b5fa to before 5d7cbfb65e47cc71d5d94d87d5d0d1679080f3eb` (git)
  - affected: `7063fbf2261194f72ee75afca67b3b38b554b5fa to before 925d8564f1b2d9b46c5ab63b9bc942cea006da9b` (git)
  - affected: `7063fbf2261194f72ee75afca67b3b38b554b5fa to before f06c2d26d1999d37e93299db0ecead04ca7d0b9f` (git)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `2.6.16`
  - unaffected: `before 2.6.16` (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

## 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:** 0.0017, the 6th 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-2026-97949](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-97949)
- [NVD: CVE-2026-97949](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-97949)

### References from the CNA

- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b315d865660766d45ecdbf7433a4e3d36a554b3b>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/446720051d44eebaa81b33969173160057b73a33>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5d7cbfb65e47cc71d5d94d87d5d0d1679080f3eb>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/925d8564f1b2d9b46c5ab63b9bc942cea006da9b>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f06c2d26d1999d37e93299db0ecead04ca7d0b9f>

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.

## Check whether this affects you

This CVE names a vendor and product rather than a package, so the lockfile check doesn’t match it. Compare the affected versions above with what you run.

- With the agentprime MCP server (<https://api.agentprime.io/mcp>), `get_advisory` returns this record and `search_advisories` finds related ones. Setup: <https://agentprime.io/mcp.md>
- As JSON: <https://api.agentprime.io/v1/advisories/CVE-2026-97949>
- Everything that needs attention now: <https://agentprime.io/advisories/critical.md>

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