# power: sequencing: fix NULL-pointer dereference in pwrseq_unit_new()

CVE record · `CVE-2026-98412`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2026-98412`
- **State:** Confirmed
- **Severity:** No CVSS score
- **Critical:** No
- **CNA:** Linux
- **Technologies:** [Linux kernel](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/linux-kernel.md)
- **Published:** 14 Oct 2026
- **Updated:** 19 Oct 2026
- **Reviewed by a person:** No

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: Linux) at 14 Oct 2026, 13:27 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: `249ebf3f65f8530beb2cbfb91bff1d83ba88d23c to before 29e03670cc384561a2037c69b0a1cc5232d3c6c3` (git)
  - affected: `249ebf3f65f8530beb2cbfb91bff1d83ba88d23c to before 859880b07a75c7a29d141abfacbd750d25a8e920` (git)
  - affected: `249ebf3f65f8530beb2cbfb91bff1d83ba88d23c to before 6e571aea60de7f4c62b77510495d1bcc7df406a1` (git)
  - affected: `249ebf3f65f8530beb2cbfb91bff1d83ba88d23c to before 115b303e8e093d964089ec6f3c40d984d77b33d0` (git)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `6.11`
  - unaffected: `before 6.11` (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:** 0.0021, the 11th 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 14 Oct 2026. New records show when each source confirmed them.

## Sources

- [CVE List: CVE-2026-98412](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-98412)
- [NVD: CVE-2026-98412](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-98412)

### References from the CNA

- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/29e03670cc384561a2037c69b0a1cc5232d3c6c3>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/859880b07a75c7a29d141abfacbd750d25a8e920>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6e571aea60de7f4c62b77510495d1bcc7df406a1>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/115b303e8e093d964089ec6f3c40d984d77b33d0>

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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