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CVE record · `CVE-2026-98205`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2026-98205`
- **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:** 19 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: `448cd1664a573e69f54bfd32f3bb7220212b6cf5 to before c0aebb57b73c7d06ad21731099afe119b113c403` (git)
  - affected: `448cd1664a573e69f54bfd32f3bb7220212b6cf5 to before 89b6ffa4bc10c436fa9aecc73be105124cd58a35` (git)
  - affected: `448cd1664a573e69f54bfd32f3bb7220212b6cf5 to before e834e134a32b6a5c600fa539bb49146f617743ab` (git)
  - affected: `448cd1664a573e69f54bfd32f3bb7220212b6cf5 to before af5f7130cbf39e6e12336d0b7a5f6e76e4e1526b` (git)
  - affected: `448cd1664a573e69f54bfd32f3bb7220212b6cf5 to before 30b853a3d71f16bd0aa66b604bc37dd1254a19b3` (git)
  - affected: `448cd1664a573e69f54bfd32f3bb7220212b6cf5 to before 71e5619db11dd6429101bd967230d0321ec5ea26` (git)
  - affected: `448cd1664a573e69f54bfd32f3bb7220212b6cf5 to before 3dfe48d5307a1ba22c58231d04257737015569ca` (git)
  - affected: `448cd1664a573e69f54bfd32f3bb7220212b6cf5 to before 8b852965b8eaf910c314dc346967ed82c8d4f235` (git)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `2.6.36`
  - unaffected: `before 2.6.36` (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: `6.12.112 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:** 0.0018, the 7th 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-2026-98205](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-98205)
- [NVD: CVE-2026-98205](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-98205)

### References from the CNA

- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c0aebb57b73c7d06ad21731099afe119b113c403>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/89b6ffa4bc10c436fa9aecc73be105124cd58a35>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e834e134a32b6a5c600fa539bb49146f617743ab>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/af5f7130cbf39e6e12336d0b7a5f6e76e4e1526b>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/30b853a3d71f16bd0aa66b604bc37dd1254a19b3>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/71e5619db11dd6429101bd967230d0321ec5ea26>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3dfe48d5307a1ba22c58231d04257737015569ca>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8b852965b8eaf910c314dc346967ed82c8d4f235>

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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- With the agentprime MCP server (<https://api.agentprime.io/mcp>), `get_advisory` returns this record and `search_advisories` finds related ones. Setup: <https://agentprime.io/mcp.md>
- As JSON: <https://api.agentprime.io/v1/advisories/CVE-2026-98205>
- Everything that needs attention now: <https://agentprime.io/advisories/critical.md>

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