# ALSA: pcm: set timer->private_data before registering the PCM timer

CVE record · `CVE-2026-98314`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2026-98314`
- **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, 08:46 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: `1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 to before 27f167e117eca310661fbcbacb352ea08face067` (git)
  - affected: `1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 to before 555d168bd98daa46daccc68c908201388c834293` (git)
  - affected: `1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 to before 8c869d5cf5affb20994bdbb60e7d46d65c91b55f` (git)
  - affected: `1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 to before 686c7a6af1eea8d2a919303e4c6bbec3de79dbdc` (git)
  - affected: `1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 to before e1eee8f16628f8b6bcae0a366fd6a2dd65e71edd` (git)
  - affected: `1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 to before d63f5a9f8121fb43c798056d7dd34c58f47185d7` (git)
  - affected: `1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 to before 0b349249d572633d7c8cdeb917623d1676a2b7c3` (git)
  - affected: `1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 to before 1e713f9bb2ac583521f06b0eb4e22440b1e3d078` (git)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `2.6.12`
  - unaffected: `before 2.6.12` (semver)
  - unaffected: `5.10.271 to 5.10.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `5.15.222 to 5.15.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.1.189 to 6.1.*, inclusive` (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:** 0.0018, the 8th 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-2026-98314](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-98314)
- [NVD: CVE-2026-98314](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-98314)

### References from the CNA

- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/27f167e117eca310661fbcbacb352ea08face067>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/555d168bd98daa46daccc68c908201388c834293>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8c869d5cf5affb20994bdbb60e7d46d65c91b55f>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/686c7a6af1eea8d2a919303e4c6bbec3de79dbdc>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e1eee8f16628f8b6bcae0a366fd6a2dd65e71edd>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d63f5a9f8121fb43c798056d7dd34c58f47185d7>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0b349249d572633d7c8cdeb917623d1676a2b7c3>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1e713f9bb2ac583521f06b0eb4e22440b1e3d078>

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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