# net/sched: act_api: release tail references on DELACTION failure

CVE record · `CVE-2026-98235`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2026-98235`
- **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, 08:45 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: `a0e947c9ccffe47d45aca793d9e7fe4f4494e381 to before 9eaba16f1b6ee19b249e6afd82c27f958d441458` (git)
  - affected: `a0e947c9ccffe47d45aca793d9e7fe4f4494e381 to before 1be63e4579af408d596f0f3165faf1a880631d3b` (git)
  - affected: `a0e947c9ccffe47d45aca793d9e7fe4f4494e381 to before 57b477e46ef2df3483f3488cc713c61c4b384aab` (git)
  - affected: `a0e947c9ccffe47d45aca793d9e7fe4f4494e381 to before 6e05e46fa821a5c1b281355f1f622ac76cb6080a` (git)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `6.8`
  - unaffected: `before 6.8` (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-2026-98235](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-98235)
- [NVD: CVE-2026-98235](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-98235)

### References from the CNA

- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9eaba16f1b6ee19b249e6afd82c27f958d441458>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1be63e4579af408d596f0f3165faf1a880631d3b>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/57b477e46ef2df3483f3488cc713c61c4b384aab>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6e05e46fa821a5c1b281355f1f622ac76cb6080a>

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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