# bna: prevent IOC timer rearm during teardown

CVE record · `CVE-2026-98544`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2026-98544`
- **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:** 30 Oct 2026
- **Reviewed by a person:** No

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: Linux) at 18 Oct 2026, 15:18 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: `1d32f7696286eef9e5644eb57e79a36756274357 to before 8160cd1ec527caedd36c36f948234e834cd086e6` (git)
  - affected: `1d32f7696286eef9e5644eb57e79a36756274357 to before 3614582375fc4407e09ff42ff178a045e2fe6e8f` (git)
  - affected: `1d32f7696286eef9e5644eb57e79a36756274357 to before f04cbdfac9b8284146995ab7ba0d054ad1d20ec6` (git)
  - affected: `1d32f7696286eef9e5644eb57e79a36756274357 to before 28e32ace754b57534ef0ca0fb99bcbea5b13ba2a` (git)
  - affected: `1d32f7696286eef9e5644eb57e79a36756274357 to before 4d97a141e85a034566c33c7ed854c8a3e8a268f1` (git)
  - affected: `1d32f7696286eef9e5644eb57e79a36756274357 to before e09d1c6729ee4a7812128902d9274ff565f958b8` (git)
  - affected: `1d32f7696286eef9e5644eb57e79a36756274357 to before 77b1718e39e5c9f6956fb60807326af20baf889d` (git)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `2.6.38`
  - unaffected: `before 2.6.38` (semver)
  - unaffected: `5.15.224 to 5.15.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.1.191 to 6.1.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.6.160 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:** 0.0021, the 10th 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-2026-98544](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-98544)
- [NVD: CVE-2026-98544](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-98544)

### References from the CNA

- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8160cd1ec527caedd36c36f948234e834cd086e6>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3614582375fc4407e09ff42ff178a045e2fe6e8f>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f04cbdfac9b8284146995ab7ba0d054ad1d20ec6>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/28e32ace754b57534ef0ca0fb99bcbea5b13ba2a>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4d97a141e85a034566c33c7ed854c8a3e8a268f1>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e09d1c6729ee4a7812128902d9274ff565f958b8>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/77b1718e39e5c9f6956fb60807326af20baf889d>

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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