# netlink: do not free nlk->groups while lockless readers can use it

CVE record · `CVE-2026-98284`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2026-98284`
- **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: `21e4902aea80ef35afc00ee8d2abdea4f519b7f7 to before 22f313e211d58a66786c81487c3905fa5d4b2a8f` (git)
  - affected: `21e4902aea80ef35afc00ee8d2abdea4f519b7f7 to before ceac0de741bfb47ca255eee075257b3bb31f0651` (git)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `4.0`
  - unaffected: `before 4.0` (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:** 0.0015, the 4th 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-2026-98284](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-98284)
- [NVD: CVE-2026-98284](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-98284)

### References from the CNA

- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/22f313e211d58a66786c81487c3905fa5d4b2a8f>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ceac0de741bfb47ca255eee075257b3bb31f0651>

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