# ipe: fix use-after-free when auditing a newly loaded policy

CVE record · `CVE-2026-98534`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2026-98534`
- **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: `f44554b5067b36c14cc91ed811fa1bd58baed34a to before b72d6c72b4bfbc021e8e127fa13e0f27d09be737` (git)
  - affected: `f44554b5067b36c14cc91ed811fa1bd58baed34a to before 48f7d0233c3cc8d986d1177d0e5dd4af435e7265` (git)
  - affected: `f44554b5067b36c14cc91ed811fa1bd58baed34a to before e9015d32752fa228ef2f0e07fd93fc53a4a4c723` (git)
  - affected: `f44554b5067b36c14cc91ed811fa1bd58baed34a to before 9814077275eca36ebf8d510d2f076d235ff9f51a` (git)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `6.12`
  - unaffected: `before 6.12` (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:** 0.0021, the 11th 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-2026-98534](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-98534)
- [NVD: CVE-2026-98534](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-98534)

### References from the CNA

- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b72d6c72b4bfbc021e8e127fa13e0f27d09be737>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/48f7d0233c3cc8d986d1177d0e5dd4af435e7265>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e9015d32752fa228ef2f0e07fd93fc53a4a4c723>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9814077275eca36ebf8d510d2f076d235ff9f51a>

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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