# xfrm: use hlist_del_init_rcu for state_cache and state_cache_input

CVE record · `CVE-2026-98230`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2026-98230`
- **State:** Confirmed
- **Severity:** CVSS 7.0 High
- **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, 08:45 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: `aa48a18fdb0911572d133057cd579db704b87da4 to before fb38fb7420d5f7192f9e2b6ac835ede149cd7ac5` (git)
  - affected: `0045e3d80613cc7174dc15f189ee6fc4e73b9365 to before 4748c27e2e6a1969e02f1df46e62f79d2799b80b` (git)
  - affected: `0045e3d80613cc7174dc15f189ee6fc4e73b9365 to before 9b74a47a4cbd0d29faff4f3b199212c73e6b6220` (git)
  - affected: `0045e3d80613cc7174dc15f189ee6fc4e73b9365 to before 2afb8dc1f4390f164db8352f8e685e126e9db566` (git)
  - affected: `5e4334dc39443645415450163ff5ff1ee7e79784` (git)
  - affected: `6.12.13 to before 6.12.112` (semver)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `6.13`
  - unaffected: `before 6.13` (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

- 7.0 High, CVSS 3.1: `CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`, from CNA (Linux)

- **CISA KEV:** Not listed.
- **EPSS:** 0.0012, the 1st 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-2026-98230](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-98230)
- [NVD: CVE-2026-98230](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-98230)

### References from the CNA

- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fb38fb7420d5f7192f9e2b6ac835ede149cd7ac5>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4748c27e2e6a1969e02f1df46e62f79d2799b80b>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9b74a47a4cbd0d29faff4f3b199212c73e6b6220>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2afb8dc1f4390f164db8352f8e685e126e9db566>

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

This CVE names a vendor and product rather than a package, so the lockfile check doesn’t match it. Compare the affected versions above with what you run.

- 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-2026-98230>
- Everything that needs attention now: <https://agentprime.io/advisories/critical.md>

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