# virtio_console: do not free control-out buffers on remove

CVE record · `CVE-2026-97995`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2026-97995`
- **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: `a7a69ec0d8e4a58be7db88d33cbfa2912807bb2b to before b1f39c2a676698cc64c8e105e08b25111a112ec6` (git)
  - affected: `a7a69ec0d8e4a58be7db88d33cbfa2912807bb2b to before e03522a990cd2e0f1a736eaa349a9df9ab8541c3` (git)
  - affected: `a7a69ec0d8e4a58be7db88d33cbfa2912807bb2b to before 8f6cfc3eca79b8e108d0823756101e2f4f9d811f` (git)
  - affected: `a7a69ec0d8e4a58be7db88d33cbfa2912807bb2b to before 2e40c69b9c3448b9c6609cd02013da593b2e123b` (git)
  - affected: `a7a69ec0d8e4a58be7db88d33cbfa2912807bb2b to before 177ee901aa2bab02e7f1f8edbb814fd5e386ed62` (git)
  - affected: `a7a69ec0d8e4a58be7db88d33cbfa2912807bb2b to before a80c33488e0bbe642ed803b13a4ac8078a70b507` (git)
  - affected: `a7a69ec0d8e4a58be7db88d33cbfa2912807bb2b to before f620c40ea6862feed84deb105568b21ec53a7830` (git)
  - affected: `a7a69ec0d8e4a58be7db88d33cbfa2912807bb2b to before 894f98e73983f37354214a89a3a7fd35bf9e3072` (git)
  - affected: `f92b16b815efe8207090a9b5a767618fd89542ca` (git)
  - affected: `d2bbfac82b7942afc5d8e564d7087835280df495` (git)
  - affected: `a88e13d9a092fbb772d380944b44eb549ef131fe` (git)
  - affected: `dd807a784fd36f4136516d5858efb6473dda422c` (git)
  - and 10 more
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `4.17`
  - unaffected: `before 4.17` (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:** 0.0018, the 7th 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-2026-97995](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-97995)
- [NVD: CVE-2026-97995](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-97995)

### References from the CNA

- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b1f39c2a676698cc64c8e105e08b25111a112ec6>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e03522a990cd2e0f1a736eaa349a9df9ab8541c3>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8f6cfc3eca79b8e108d0823756101e2f4f9d811f>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2e40c69b9c3448b9c6609cd02013da593b2e123b>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/177ee901aa2bab02e7f1f8edbb814fd5e386ed62>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a80c33488e0bbe642ed803b13a4ac8078a70b507>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f620c40ea6862feed84deb105568b21ec53a7830>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/894f98e73983f37354214a89a3a7fd35bf9e3072>

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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