# hwmon: (pwm-fan) Stop RPM timer before freeing tach data

CVE record · `CVE-2026-98198`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2026-98198`
- **State:** Confirmed
- **Severity:** No CVSS score
- **Critical:** No
- **CNA:** Linux
- **Technologies:** [Linux kernel](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/linux-kernel.md)
- **Published:** 6 Oct 2026
- **Updated:** 30 Oct 2026
- **Reviewed by a person:** No

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: Linux) at 6 Oct 2026, 08:44 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: `01695410d4529e38fea6159fa9f1260c598290b0 to before 6f890d1fe8325ac8330473428b9a9d6526de1b32` (git)
  - affected: `01695410d4529e38fea6159fa9f1260c598290b0 to before 7743183d8b0f6ba88738805c824a255baae674b9` (git)
  - affected: `01695410d4529e38fea6159fa9f1260c598290b0 to before d073d306e587c1f35aaf9c07c42e54a3d5895d8f` (git)
  - affected: `01695410d4529e38fea6159fa9f1260c598290b0 to before 1e824fdb14a187ce56697e803b02b1e86243a755` (git)
  - affected: `01695410d4529e38fea6159fa9f1260c598290b0 to before a5ce3fe5335a24d0220958c6866830a6d5fa1cc0` (git)
  - affected: `01695410d4529e38fea6159fa9f1260c598290b0 to before b48339b0a577783e4590a69e4cd2f2760ce33154` (git)
  - affected: `01695410d4529e38fea6159fa9f1260c598290b0 to before 26d5ff79768548efb1e604bb6e8697c101e06269` (git)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `5.12`
  - unaffected: `before 5.12` (semver)
  - unaffected: `5.15.224 to 5.15.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.1.191 to 6.1.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.6.160 to 6.6.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.12.112 to 6.12.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.18.54 to 6.18.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `7.2.8 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 10 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 6 Oct 2026. New records show when each source confirmed them.

## Sources

- [CVE List: CVE-2026-98198](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-98198)
- [NVD: CVE-2026-98198](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-98198)

### References from the CNA

- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6f890d1fe8325ac8330473428b9a9d6526de1b32>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7743183d8b0f6ba88738805c824a255baae674b9>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d073d306e587c1f35aaf9c07c42e54a3d5895d8f>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1e824fdb14a187ce56697e803b02b1e86243a755>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a5ce3fe5335a24d0220958c6866830a6d5fa1cc0>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b48339b0a577783e4590a69e4cd2f2760ce33154>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/26d5ff79768548efb1e604bb6e8697c101e06269>

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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- Everything that needs attention now: <https://agentprime.io/advisories/critical.md>

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