# llc: reserve device headroom for allocated frames

CVE record · `CVE-2026-98526`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2026-98526`
- **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: `bf9ae5386bca8836c16e69ab8fdbe46767d7452a to before 018020f5a48cc86fdd6dc2d380f6c70443ae7639` (git)
  - affected: `bf9ae5386bca8836c16e69ab8fdbe46767d7452a to before 3a3f57c4061d9e9cc3bc04205d36ce41ae3406c1` (git)
  - affected: `bf9ae5386bca8836c16e69ab8fdbe46767d7452a to before 7c38524b2b2456bd33cb360420da6cbf9cad1b33` (git)
  - affected: `bf9ae5386bca8836c16e69ab8fdbe46767d7452a to before 1937222c2511ac91377d39f28106c34734f5f8c6` (git)
  - affected: `bf9ae5386bca8836c16e69ab8fdbe46767d7452a to before 16ceac2daa89dd16917bc488ab05b9dd6961a603` (git)
  - affected: `bf9ae5386bca8836c16e69ab8fdbe46767d7452a to before e06f8b6e27cc616d3c587e9784c4a033eb310a16` (git)
  - affected: `bf9ae5386bca8836c16e69ab8fdbe46767d7452a to before 3361c93e417384ebf28003e0fb6d5304653d3b05` (git)
  - affected: `bf9ae5386bca8836c16e69ab8fdbe46767d7452a to before 72b5b9a28b996e09b8b5b944370c79851bb68f52` (git)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `2.6.34`
  - unaffected: `before 2.6.34` (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-2026-98526](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-98526)
- [NVD: CVE-2026-98526](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-98526)

### References from the CNA

- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/018020f5a48cc86fdd6dc2d380f6c70443ae7639>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3a3f57c4061d9e9cc3bc04205d36ce41ae3406c1>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7c38524b2b2456bd33cb360420da6cbf9cad1b33>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1937222c2511ac91377d39f28106c34734f5f8c6>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/16ceac2daa89dd16917bc488ab05b9dd6961a603>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e06f8b6e27cc616d3c587e9784c4a033eb310a16>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3361c93e417384ebf28003e0fb6d5304653d3b05>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/72b5b9a28b996e09b8b5b944370c79851bb68f52>

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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