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CVE record · `CVE-2026-98378`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2026-98378`
- **State:** Confirmed
- **Severity:** CVSS 7.8 High
- **Critical:** No
- **CNA:** Linux
- **Technologies:** [Linux kernel](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/linux-kernel.md)
- **Published:** 9 Oct 2026
- **Updated:** 24 Oct 2026
- **Reviewed by a person:** No

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: Linux) at 9 Oct 2026, 07:34 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: `9f88361273082825d9f0d13a543d49f9fa0d44a8 to before 68930f8d40ab4c10ca3b019f076136758fd100a8` (git)
  - affected: `9f88361273082825d9f0d13a543d49f9fa0d44a8 to before c251ed48bd9063cf7de6049421e78b6de989060f` (git)
  - affected: `9f88361273082825d9f0d13a543d49f9fa0d44a8 to before 798a61edbc436cacdb659927d067368eeb1e30e2` (git)
  - affected: `9f88361273082825d9f0d13a543d49f9fa0d44a8 to before 6e271f093d15d323f42de26f66556af53fa8e19f` (git)
  - affected: `9f88361273082825d9f0d13a543d49f9fa0d44a8 to before 87ce4b53b7436b50fc984f0a6afaf77f68ac5573` (git)
  - affected: `9f88361273082825d9f0d13a543d49f9fa0d44a8 to before 50e80e2bb5e2be8515205b9c496b9640ddefa434` (git)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `5.19`
  - unaffected: `before 5.19` (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: `6.18.55 to 6.18.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `7.2.9 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

- 7.8 High, CVSS 3.1: `CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/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 8 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 9 Oct 2026. New records show when each source confirmed them.

## Sources

- [CVE List: CVE-2026-98378](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-98378)
- [NVD: CVE-2026-98378](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-98378)

### References from the CNA

- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/68930f8d40ab4c10ca3b019f076136758fd100a8>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c251ed48bd9063cf7de6049421e78b6de989060f>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/798a61edbc436cacdb659927d067368eeb1e30e2>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6e271f093d15d323f42de26f66556af53fa8e19f>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/87ce4b53b7436b50fc984f0a6afaf77f68ac5573>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/50e80e2bb5e2be8515205b9c496b9640ddefa434>

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-2026-98378>
- Everything that needs attention now: <https://agentprime.io/advisories/critical.md>

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