# drm/nouveau: Fix gem reference leak in validate_init()

CVE record · `CVE-2026-98514`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2026-98514`
- **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, 15:17 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: `19ca10d82e33bcfe92412c461fc3534ec1e14747 to before af2f48c12365866abb327d75c21a13bbde84719c` (git)
  - affected: `19ca10d82e33bcfe92412c461fc3534ec1e14747 to before 3c80e069470cf73c357c9edb5ec5fba20e6f6a98` (git)
  - affected: `19ca10d82e33bcfe92412c461fc3534ec1e14747 to before 957619120c26d6727efd18504e6b488673d3900a` (git)
  - affected: `19ca10d82e33bcfe92412c461fc3534ec1e14747 to before 74485cdc343060fce08f8f3990da524d783e43a7` (git)
  - affected: `19ca10d82e33bcfe92412c461fc3534ec1e14747 to before 8281930fc194ad448aaa5de8dd47fb6fb1cba327` (git)
  - affected: `19ca10d82e33bcfe92412c461fc3534ec1e14747 to before 030e93fc91d55d9487b3b85fc0712bb795d77834` (git)
  - affected: `19ca10d82e33bcfe92412c461fc3534ec1e14747 to before 9e13c398a23445baf38f0a59033dd9872a2bfe20` (git)
  - affected: `19ca10d82e33bcfe92412c461fc3534ec1e14747 to before 5ea72f7b7139b123713a7983448f910bc4514d9e` (git)
  - affected: `bcc16811023394a5e61a20c107f1fa560a28b7c1` (git)
  - affected: `4.17.12 to before 4.18` (semver)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `4.18`
  - unaffected: `before 4.18` (semver)
  - unaffected: `5.10.271 to 5.10.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `5.15.222 to 5.15.*, inclusive` (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

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

- **CISA KEV:** Not listed.
- **EPSS:** 0.0022, the 12th 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-2026-98514](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-98514)
- [NVD: CVE-2026-98514](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-98514)

### References from the CNA

- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/af2f48c12365866abb327d75c21a13bbde84719c>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3c80e069470cf73c357c9edb5ec5fba20e6f6a98>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/957619120c26d6727efd18504e6b488673d3900a>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/74485cdc343060fce08f8f3990da524d783e43a7>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8281930fc194ad448aaa5de8dd47fb6fb1cba327>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/030e93fc91d55d9487b3b85fc0712bb795d77834>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9e13c398a23445baf38f0a59033dd9872a2bfe20>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5ea72f7b7139b123713a7983448f910bc4514d9e>

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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