# net/mlx5e: Fix use-after-free race in sample_restore_put()

CVE record · `CVE-2026-98016`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2026-98016`
- **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: `36a3196256bf3310e5e7142b0e61787f7a201abd to before cdf920e44cbbee1900c66f002fb50afee20977d4` (git)
  - affected: `36a3196256bf3310e5e7142b0e61787f7a201abd to before 308e1cbb0d9712081f90860fe839ccb47bc196ee` (git)
  - affected: `36a3196256bf3310e5e7142b0e61787f7a201abd to before 8267e46d14e847e80e0aebe366d348e8a484a619` (git)
  - affected: `36a3196256bf3310e5e7142b0e61787f7a201abd to before 3efd1a1938cbb33c53b0d75e55b6c0fe2ebad79a` (git)
  - affected: `36a3196256bf3310e5e7142b0e61787f7a201abd to before 72324da8eeca269db9196c2a555abf72eb0385c5` (git)
  - affected: `36a3196256bf3310e5e7142b0e61787f7a201abd to before 1daecd76ab9e5f055fe3970462410ad1d40bd177` (git)
  - affected: `36a3196256bf3310e5e7142b0e61787f7a201abd to before af3aef0245abbab5e9f6302e7a7d6407187afb71` (git)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `5.13`
  - unaffected: `before 5.13` (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-2026-98016](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-98016)
- [NVD: CVE-2026-98016](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-98016)

### References from the CNA

- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cdf920e44cbbee1900c66f002fb50afee20977d4>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/308e1cbb0d9712081f90860fe839ccb47bc196ee>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8267e46d14e847e80e0aebe366d348e8a484a619>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3efd1a1938cbb33c53b0d75e55b6c0fe2ebad79a>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/72324da8eeca269db9196c2a555abf72eb0385c5>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1daecd76ab9e5f055fe3970462410ad1d40bd177>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/af3aef0245abbab5e9f6302e7a7d6407187afb71>

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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