# vduse: validate virtqueue alignment

CVE record · `CVE-2026-97989`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2026-97989`
- **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, 10:23 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: `c8a6153b6c59d95c0e091f053f6f180952ade91e to before 650bac9c73d3b4d83be683028283654c05346556` (git)
  - affected: `c8a6153b6c59d95c0e091f053f6f180952ade91e to before 5d4bdca17d87c90b1d888f8846a781a18aa453c9` (git)
  - affected: `c8a6153b6c59d95c0e091f053f6f180952ade91e to before 831dab9b9bcc184adf78f18b5b788316e3174aec` (git)
  - affected: `c8a6153b6c59d95c0e091f053f6f180952ade91e to before c3c3b0839a1197530cc18f535062fc84dbdfc885` (git)
  - affected: `c8a6153b6c59d95c0e091f053f6f180952ade91e to before fa2c25b4add57888acfa89e398389e267bff3dcf` (git)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `5.15`
  - unaffected: `before 5.15` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.6.160 to 6.6.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.12.114 to 6.12.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.18.57 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-2026-97989](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-97989)
- [NVD: CVE-2026-97989](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-97989)

### References from the CNA

- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/650bac9c73d3b4d83be683028283654c05346556>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5d4bdca17d87c90b1d888f8846a781a18aa453c9>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/831dab9b9bcc184adf78f18b5b788316e3174aec>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c3c3b0839a1197530cc18f535062fc84dbdfc885>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fa2c25b4add57888acfa89e398389e267bff3dcf>

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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