# KVM: SEV: Free have_run_cpus during VM destruction even if VM is no longer SEV

CVE record · `CVE-2026-98472`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2026-98472`
- **State:** Confirmed
- **Severity:** No CVSS score
- **Critical:** No
- **CNA:** Linux
- **Technologies:** [Linux kernel](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/linux-kernel.md)
- **Published:** 18 Oct 2026
- **Updated:** 19 Oct 2026
- **Reviewed by a person:** No

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: Linux) at 18 Oct 2026, 15:15 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: `6f38f8c574642a822f2e85f079fa29a49176c49c to before 6aef7cf800098749ff5d660222efaf6e01e98c09` (git)
  - affected: `6f38f8c574642a822f2e85f079fa29a49176c49c to before 9784e5ca91b37b387f3f414af4340c54f7a63566` (git)
  - affected: `6f38f8c574642a822f2e85f079fa29a49176c49c to before 12c1f6e03f944e399bd2c88441dca5dc702b95a5` (git)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `6.17`
  - unaffected: `before 6.17` (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

No source has published a CVSS score for this record yet.

- **CISA KEV:** Not listed.
- **EPSS:** 0.0017, the 5th 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 18 Oct 2026. New records show when each source confirmed them.

## Sources

- [CVE List: CVE-2026-98472](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-98472)
- [NVD: CVE-2026-98472](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-98472)

### References from the CNA

- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6aef7cf800098749ff5d660222efaf6e01e98c09>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9784e5ca91b37b387f3f414af4340c54f7a63566>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/12c1f6e03f944e399bd2c88441dca5dc702b95a5>

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

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- 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-2026-98472>
- Everything that needs attention now: <https://agentprime.io/advisories/critical.md>

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