# drm/virtio: release the GEM object on virtio_gpu_vram_create() errors

CVE record · `CVE-2026-98606`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2026-98606`
- **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, 15:19 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: `16845c5d540929d2f4dc845f11fbbb238e69170a to before 977c2934064969503cabf98b1135d202ff62822e` (git)
  - affected: `16845c5d540929d2f4dc845f11fbbb238e69170a to before 5118b5fdf1eb9922a0cdd2afd25252081e2d4302` (git)
  - affected: `16845c5d540929d2f4dc845f11fbbb238e69170a to before a9bb8f8fd5694185c2f71ff91869afb300aab392` (git)
  - affected: `16845c5d540929d2f4dc845f11fbbb238e69170a to before 03bdbf182082694ab2add620d85f1a8b8f51bbbc` (git)
  - affected: `16845c5d540929d2f4dc845f11fbbb238e69170a to before 5c2cb3dd1447752b73d4f44d6b7434bc5259bfec` (git)
  - affected: `16845c5d540929d2f4dc845f11fbbb238e69170a to before 7c8deb77d05bcc8f79e255f669d82ec6ce91be12` (git)
  - affected: `16845c5d540929d2f4dc845f11fbbb238e69170a to before 036d28db1818af2f9d80db771f5405da84d7732d` (git)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `5.11`
  - unaffected: `before 5.11` (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:** 0.0021, 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-2026-98606](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-98606)
- [NVD: CVE-2026-98606](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-98606)

### References from the CNA

- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/977c2934064969503cabf98b1135d202ff62822e>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5118b5fdf1eb9922a0cdd2afd25252081e2d4302>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a9bb8f8fd5694185c2f71ff91869afb300aab392>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/03bdbf182082694ab2add620d85f1a8b8f51bbbc>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5c2cb3dd1447752b73d4f44d6b7434bc5259bfec>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7c8deb77d05bcc8f79e255f669d82ec6ce91be12>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/036d28db1818af2f9d80db771f5405da84d7732d>

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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