# drm/nouveau: Fix bridge reference leak in nv1a_ram_new()

CVE record · `CVE-2026-98516`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2026-98516`
- **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: `2fa6d6cdaf283c05ae23842b2a04aeb223203c13 to before add5e0a45e3971df9c65cc7b59c90559a25dc5a9` (git)
  - affected: `2fa6d6cdaf283c05ae23842b2a04aeb223203c13 to before 2bda86f1fb2373a2ad8900341d5d6a6d68ce6ddb` (git)
  - affected: `2fa6d6cdaf283c05ae23842b2a04aeb223203c13 to before 9ffb43369ae51af5d5646b1ef680ab1af0fb4ad9` (git)
  - affected: `2fa6d6cdaf283c05ae23842b2a04aeb223203c13 to before ac4f1d28498b9798fc20f91f23a4256032186370` (git)
  - affected: `2fa6d6cdaf283c05ae23842b2a04aeb223203c13 to before 553c86816e99855d6784eebd2588d5d2198c280e` (git)
  - affected: `2fa6d6cdaf283c05ae23842b2a04aeb223203c13 to before 6d497216c10af3dc9747b399295f385fabbac9e5` (git)
  - affected: `2fa6d6cdaf283c05ae23842b2a04aeb223203c13 to before 3e0861ebb9ecf0b726ea42123bd579362ec1f977` (git)
  - affected: `2fa6d6cdaf283c05ae23842b2a04aeb223203c13 to before 67b4411538c8341692548429d43256f25be99f7a` (git)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `4.16`
  - unaffected: `before 4.16` (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-2026-98516](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-98516)
- [NVD: CVE-2026-98516](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-98516)

### References from the CNA

- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/add5e0a45e3971df9c65cc7b59c90559a25dc5a9>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2bda86f1fb2373a2ad8900341d5d6a6d68ce6ddb>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9ffb43369ae51af5d5646b1ef680ab1af0fb4ad9>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ac4f1d28498b9798fc20f91f23a4256032186370>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/553c86816e99855d6784eebd2588d5d2198c280e>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6d497216c10af3dc9747b399295f385fabbac9e5>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3e0861ebb9ecf0b726ea42123bd579362ec1f977>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/67b4411538c8341692548429d43256f25be99f7a>

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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