# vhost-vdpa: don't install the eventfd_ctx_fdget() error in config_ctx

CVE record · `CVE-2026-97993`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2026-97993`
- **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: `776f395004d829bbbf18c159ed9beb517a208c71 to before e260dc9fbfdae0978e7a8698f977fbb463a657be` (git)
  - affected: `776f395004d829bbbf18c159ed9beb517a208c71 to before 66e73fa18910b39fea0941dea5fe091122240855` (git)
  - affected: `776f395004d829bbbf18c159ed9beb517a208c71 to before 4fde085eb839fbb39c25cbba5d2a091ded394877` (git)
  - affected: `776f395004d829bbbf18c159ed9beb517a208c71 to before 59fc7c1c6b4d325194ca45352180340092d95098` (git)
  - affected: `776f395004d829bbbf18c159ed9beb517a208c71 to before 388c678639a0cebfd936b3e56c64ac6a371efec2` (git)
  - affected: `776f395004d829bbbf18c159ed9beb517a208c71 to before 65faf9eaa00e408e1406fbcf675c8c8d0e27ff2a` (git)
  - affected: `776f395004d829bbbf18c159ed9beb517a208c71 to before 6b20b40f020bde236f6b8a08ff88d8653261ec2b` (git)
  - affected: `776f395004d829bbbf18c159ed9beb517a208c71 to before e74a9fa50749b9940b4fb13199652325e08d3c4a` (git)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `5.8`
  - unaffected: `before 5.8` (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:** 0.0022, the 12th 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-2026-97993](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-97993)
- [NVD: CVE-2026-97993](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-97993)

### References from the CNA

- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e260dc9fbfdae0978e7a8698f977fbb463a657be>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/66e73fa18910b39fea0941dea5fe091122240855>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4fde085eb839fbb39c25cbba5d2a091ded394877>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/59fc7c1c6b4d325194ca45352180340092d95098>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/388c678639a0cebfd936b3e56c64ac6a371efec2>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/65faf9eaa00e408e1406fbcf675c8c8d0e27ff2a>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6b20b40f020bde236f6b8a08ff88d8653261ec2b>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e74a9fa50749b9940b4fb13199652325e08d3c4a>

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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