# sctp: hold asoc or transport before mod_timer() in timer handlers

CVE record · `CVE-2026-98586`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2026-98586`
- **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: `1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 to before f7dea7eaea20fe9b80f8f77ba44d02b4a17f8050` (git)
  - affected: `1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 to before f9d929026d487a988bfa12c065f892e823e5b6ab` (git)
  - affected: `1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 to before 9d3d39da054476e7aa05cd877b93ca73a9a77434` (git)
  - affected: `1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 to before 27c51a9b55b227309161c903f9ecfbf022516bc2` (git)
  - affected: `1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 to before d18cb8fd1b6ba95c85de644203cfe1b071ff0c0f` (git)
  - affected: `1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 to before 35bf3b23c9a871f44c1453d85f8332be4e088dda` (git)
  - affected: `1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 to before cae23ae3f7887a1cf8a75da38edcebeef695040f` (git)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `2.6.12`
  - unaffected: `before 2.6.12` (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:** 0.0017, the 6th 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-2026-98586](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-98586)
- [NVD: CVE-2026-98586](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-98586)

### References from the CNA

- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f7dea7eaea20fe9b80f8f77ba44d02b4a17f8050>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f9d929026d487a988bfa12c065f892e823e5b6ab>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9d3d39da054476e7aa05cd877b93ca73a9a77434>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/27c51a9b55b227309161c903f9ecfbf022516bc2>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d18cb8fd1b6ba95c85de644203cfe1b071ff0c0f>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/35bf3b23c9a871f44c1453d85f8332be4e088dda>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cae23ae3f7887a1cf8a75da38edcebeef695040f>

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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