# drop_monitor: use timer_shutdown_sync() to prevent timer rearming during teardown

CVE record · `CVE-2026-98286`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2026-98286`
- **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: `9398e9c0b1d44eeb700e9e766c02bcc765c82570 to before 9616b0c67fbd8cc0b49de7b26cdf2ab33747c80e` (git)
  - affected: `9398e9c0b1d44eeb700e9e766c02bcc765c82570 to before bda4d9525fb91a2388ee09669421b8d505290864` (git)
  - affected: `9398e9c0b1d44eeb700e9e766c02bcc765c82570 to before c391a40f71886b28c082b47270f0e856fa3e1150` (git)
  - affected: `2514c7ad115e762562c7bdd58bb1ab3425a98245` (git)
  - affected: `439b1164da3612ec7e186e1dc314471e7190bfc7` (git)
  - affected: `5.10.27 to before 5.11` (semver)
  - affected: `5.11.11 to before 5.12` (semver)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `5.12`
  - unaffected: `before 5.12` (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 5th 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-2026-98286](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-98286)
- [NVD: CVE-2026-98286](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-98286)

### References from the CNA

- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9616b0c67fbd8cc0b49de7b26cdf2ab33747c80e>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bda4d9525fb91a2388ee09669421b8d505290864>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c391a40f71886b28c082b47270f0e856fa3e1150>

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

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