# watchdog: msc313e: Fix clock leak and spurious timer in settimeout()

CVE record · `CVE-2026-97969`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2026-97969`
- **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: `e9800b7994642a794afd4894f072541c14277ce8 to before 68665016c7b777b44e27b6b0c1e6524c28ebe40a` (git)
  - affected: `e9800b7994642a794afd4894f072541c14277ce8 to before 77ef2aa8b46876ca9935f32dd874c517ccf5d880` (git)
  - affected: `e9800b7994642a794afd4894f072541c14277ce8 to before a1dd0817776ea2a870ba2347001af13ddd4cb321` (git)
  - affected: `e9800b7994642a794afd4894f072541c14277ce8 to before 2152a13ee2a9af09a668ebd053a8dbf771dadb80` (git)
  - affected: `e9800b7994642a794afd4894f072541c14277ce8 to before 2abf99a57b0b71b2b97745981f4039370ab78044` (git)
  - affected: `e9800b7994642a794afd4894f072541c14277ce8 to before faf1eb2895c87a8c0fb920439dddc7e0d97c6a69` (git)
  - affected: `e9800b7994642a794afd4894f072541c14277ce8 to before 3db30f315935c2fb0d95f46b7a593b5b4d3ec3d0` (git)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `5.14`
  - unaffected: `before 5.14` (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:** 0.0017, 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-2026-97969](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-97969)
- [NVD: CVE-2026-97969](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-97969)

### References from the CNA

- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/68665016c7b777b44e27b6b0c1e6524c28ebe40a>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/77ef2aa8b46876ca9935f32dd874c517ccf5d880>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a1dd0817776ea2a870ba2347001af13ddd4cb321>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2152a13ee2a9af09a668ebd053a8dbf771dadb80>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2abf99a57b0b71b2b97745981f4039370ab78044>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/faf1eb2895c87a8c0fb920439dddc7e0d97c6a69>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3db30f315935c2fb0d95f46b7a593b5b4d3ec3d0>

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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