# bpf: Mark bpf_btf_find_by_name_kind() as sleepable

CVE record · `CVE-2026-98046`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2026-98046`
- **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: `3d78417b60fba249cc555468cb72d96f5cde2964 to before 7bf23cf7c9c0e0b5e638e497cdc0ec3f223742cc` (git)
  - affected: `3d78417b60fba249cc555468cb72d96f5cde2964 to before b843ab43ac9d2fa1ddd0dab8d0dcc19dbf764e2f` (git)
  - affected: `3d78417b60fba249cc555468cb72d96f5cde2964 to before 29e40175617216fbd4544529f6bfb51d1ab95ba1` (git)
  - affected: `3d78417b60fba249cc555468cb72d96f5cde2964 to before 4d8784226bd3c6a707975081f986078f40456cec` (git)
  - affected: `3d78417b60fba249cc555468cb72d96f5cde2964 to before 17f54a8f2b9714529d56edbbe12d448ccdbbf469` (git)
  - affected: `3d78417b60fba249cc555468cb72d96f5cde2964 to before 620614bf7672130c43b3cff375525a2202f61979` (git)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `5.14`
  - unaffected: `before 5.14` (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 11 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-2026-98046](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-98046)
- [NVD: CVE-2026-98046](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-98046)

### References from the CNA

- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7bf23cf7c9c0e0b5e638e497cdc0ec3f223742cc>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b843ab43ac9d2fa1ddd0dab8d0dcc19dbf764e2f>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/29e40175617216fbd4544529f6bfb51d1ab95ba1>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4d8784226bd3c6a707975081f986078f40456cec>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/17f54a8f2b9714529d56edbbe12d448ccdbbf469>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/620614bf7672130c43b3cff375525a2202f61979>

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.

## Check whether this affects you

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- As JSON: <https://api.agentprime.io/v1/advisories/CVE-2026-98046>
- Everything that needs attention now: <https://agentprime.io/advisories/critical.md>

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