# i2c: atr: fix dangling adapter pointer on add failure

CVE record · `CVE-2026-98218`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2026-98218`
- **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: `a076a860acae77bbdcbd316541e5552e81fb1772 to before 2f5e42edbd232bf705dc5d3a91e06344237e63bb` (git)
  - affected: `a076a860acae77bbdcbd316541e5552e81fb1772 to before 1093835f6aef58a831298d93e0d93f244fa07b84` (git)
  - affected: `a076a860acae77bbdcbd316541e5552e81fb1772 to before eabf7a3d33cd9fad106d267d00cc842434de8e02` (git)
  - affected: `a076a860acae77bbdcbd316541e5552e81fb1772 to before a57d9592714506556e30188af72dd3bdb9f647b5` (git)
  - affected: `a076a860acae77bbdcbd316541e5552e81fb1772 to before ad34235808b63a70ca4989b7a2852923193d06ef` (git)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `6.6`
  - unaffected: `before 6.6` (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:** 0.0017, 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-2026-98218](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-98218)
- [NVD: CVE-2026-98218](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-98218)

### References from the CNA

- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2f5e42edbd232bf705dc5d3a91e06344237e63bb>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1093835f6aef58a831298d93e0d93f244fa07b84>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/eabf7a3d33cd9fad106d267d00cc842434de8e02>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a57d9592714506556e30188af72dd3bdb9f647b5>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ad34235808b63a70ca4989b7a2852923193d06ef>

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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