# selinux: recheck intermediate backing files on mprotect()

CVE record · `CVE-2026-98214`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2026-98214`
- **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: `bc6c380c1159de52a252ed11f19a42c47f60a735 to before 4d50ebe5a27724e020747ffd61a051dec67cb8ec` (git)
  - affected: `8bacd09f12c27710228562e4d13163e58c5f4a45 to before 89376fbfdcc1a728e1775f98752cdd90b0930a00` (git)
  - affected: `d844702198395d3f80222777030f69db6be6b709 to before d127c7e1f3e1231d8ac8b2738e3f00bea12afe74` (git)
  - affected: `82544d36b1729153c8aeb179e84750f0c085d3b1 to before c2bbb905af2293549651b614a52ad91e0b462b60` (git)
  - affected: `82544d36b1729153c8aeb179e84750f0c085d3b1 to before 78fc54b934bfb2c18aad8154c7302067146946f9` (git)
  - affected: `cd0e707a927a70cdfd8bc5a512a9719a87f5ed51` (git)
  - affected: `6.6.144 to before 6.6.158` (semver)
  - affected: `6.12.95 to before 6.12.112` (semver)
  - affected: `6.18.38 to before 6.18.54` (semver)
  - affected: `7.0.4 to before 7.1` (semver)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `7.1`
  - unaffected: `before 7.1` (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:** 0.0022, the 12th 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-2026-98214](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-98214)
- [NVD: CVE-2026-98214](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-98214)

### References from the CNA

- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4d50ebe5a27724e020747ffd61a051dec67cb8ec>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/89376fbfdcc1a728e1775f98752cdd90b0930a00>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d127c7e1f3e1231d8ac8b2738e3f00bea12afe74>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c2bbb905af2293549651b614a52ad91e0b462b60>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/78fc54b934bfb2c18aad8154c7302067146946f9>

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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