# ata: libata-scsi: bound the ATA passthru sense descriptor writes

CVE record · `CVE-2026-98545`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2026-98545`
- **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, 15:18 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: `ce477199c53e3db5a096981c565e232498ddeae4 to before c698f6deabf680f8f4a1727ef2dc80fe78815fbf` (git)
  - affected: `97981926224afe17ba3e22e0c2b7dd8b516ee574 to before d9a7147b93624660626cd7c3b1143715699e1f5c` (git)
  - affected: `97981926224afe17ba3e22e0c2b7dd8b516ee574 to before 1603abb0c50420e97cf4a1feddbd5e183c5fdf86` (git)
  - affected: `97981926224afe17ba3e22e0c2b7dd8b516ee574 to before 80fbb0bc4d11683c88f2f9d3997ea02fcada5408` (git)
  - affected: `97981926224afe17ba3e22e0c2b7dd8b516ee574 to before 80320b278fea07ffcda3f57b67b61658e0a4e1ca` (git)
  - affected: `67d9d0b6ae4aaf2c4cef103a96a145c7fdfb15f8` (git)
  - affected: `6.6.44 to before 6.6.158` (semver)
  - affected: `6.10.3 to before 6.11` (semver)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `6.11`
  - unaffected: `before 6.11` (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:** 0.0021, the 10th percentile, on 7 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-2026-98545](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-98545)
- [NVD: CVE-2026-98545](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-98545)

### References from the CNA

- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c698f6deabf680f8f4a1727ef2dc80fe78815fbf>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d9a7147b93624660626cd7c3b1143715699e1f5c>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1603abb0c50420e97cf4a1feddbd5e183c5fdf86>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/80fbb0bc4d11683c88f2f9d3997ea02fcada5408>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/80320b278fea07ffcda3f57b67b61658e0a4e1ca>

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.

## Check whether this affects you

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- Everything that needs attention now: <https://agentprime.io/advisories/critical.md>

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