# octeontx2-pf: reset HTB scheduler topology before freeing queues

CVE record · `CVE-2026-97966`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2026-97966`
- **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, 10:23 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: `5e6808b4c68d7882971514ab3279926eb07c8b2d to before 16c5c8ea5017952ff14c87626a45359d195dda6f` (git)
  - affected: `5e6808b4c68d7882971514ab3279926eb07c8b2d to before 0aa2dd6eaa347c7aab448df0eec0afcfe7489885` (git)
  - affected: `5e6808b4c68d7882971514ab3279926eb07c8b2d to before 621c99be42e3f5cb68a6af9480a255218a761c4e` (git)
  - affected: `5e6808b4c68d7882971514ab3279926eb07c8b2d to before 2df186418e17b30b319cf9ff81aad137692ab107` (git)
  - affected: `5e6808b4c68d7882971514ab3279926eb07c8b2d to before ef39fca8508597fa565cf2be72a884a712fb98af` (git)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `6.5`
  - unaffected: `before 6.5` (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:** 0.0020, the 9th 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-2026-97966](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-97966)
- [NVD: CVE-2026-97966](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-97966)

### References from the CNA

- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/16c5c8ea5017952ff14c87626a45359d195dda6f>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0aa2dd6eaa347c7aab448df0eec0afcfe7489885>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/621c99be42e3f5cb68a6af9480a255218a761c4e>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2df186418e17b30b319cf9ff81aad137692ab107>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ef39fca8508597fa565cf2be72a884a712fb98af>

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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- Everything that needs attention now: <https://agentprime.io/advisories/critical.md>

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