# drm/nouveau: RCU-free the scheduler-containing nouveau_sched

CVE record · `CVE-2026-98512`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2026-98512`
- **State:** Confirmed
- **Severity:** CVSS 7.1 High
- **Critical:** No
- **CNA:** Linux
- **Technologies:** [Linux kernel](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/linux-kernel.md)
- **Published:** 18 Oct 2026
- **Updated:** 24 Oct 2026
- **Reviewed by a person:** No

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: Linux) at 18 Oct 2026, 15:17 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: `5f03a507b29e44a848f315c7240c19894dd8be4f to before 40edf5eefc3fd94592a91d6eb074d4fc6f606c75` (git)
  - affected: `5f03a507b29e44a848f315c7240c19894dd8be4f to before 35151e9a8274174ccbb92e3b3ba7dc7a008dcada` (git)
  - affected: `5f03a507b29e44a848f315c7240c19894dd8be4f to before cd6e11b6ebe04a0a1f1435df561acada9eadc563` (git)
  - affected: `5f03a507b29e44a848f315c7240c19894dd8be4f to before f7eae6d8d768fabd6b59779ca7da79e02c74e113` (git)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `6.8`
  - unaffected: `before 6.8` (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

- 7.1 High, CVSS 3.1: `CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H`, from CNA (Linux)

- **CISA KEV:** Not listed.
- **EPSS:** 0.0016, the 5th 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 18 Oct 2026. New records show when each source confirmed them.

## Sources

- [CVE List: CVE-2026-98512](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-98512)
- [NVD: CVE-2026-98512](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-98512)

### References from the CNA

- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/40edf5eefc3fd94592a91d6eb074d4fc6f606c75>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/35151e9a8274174ccbb92e3b3ba7dc7a008dcada>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cd6e11b6ebe04a0a1f1435df561acada9eadc563>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f7eae6d8d768fabd6b59779ca7da79e02c74e113>

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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