# sched/cache: Decouple sched_cache_group from mm to fix UAF

CVE record · `CVE-2026-98385`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2026-98385`
- **State:** Confirmed
- **Severity:** CVSS 7.8 High
- **Critical:** No
- **CNA:** Linux
- **Technologies:** [Linux kernel](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/linux-kernel.md)
- **Published:** 12 Oct 2026
- **Updated:** 24 Oct 2026
- **Reviewed by a person:** No

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: Linux) at 12 Oct 2026, 05:48 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: `df0d98475954d655571979aa061ecb07d7e00392 to before 852ecb6bc0bc0106f44f74ba3944524732486025` (git)
  - affected: `df0d98475954d655571979aa061ecb07d7e00392 to before 28f9c0e0a0b94c5d3e1b634db545f6e1f94858c5` (git)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `7.2`
  - unaffected: `before 7.2` (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:** 0.0018, the 7th percentile, on 9 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 12 Oct 2026. New records show when each source confirmed them.

## Sources

- [CVE List: CVE-2026-98385](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-98385)
- [NVD: CVE-2026-98385](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-98385)

### References from the CNA

- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/852ecb6bc0bc0106f44f74ba3944524732486025>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/28f9c0e0a0b94c5d3e1b634db545f6e1f94858c5>

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