# sctp: avoid livelock while updating retransmit path

CVE record · `CVE-2026-98614`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2026-98614`
- **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: `4c47af4d5eb2c2f78f886079a3920a7078a6f0a0 to before 3fe624c3843694ab096fdb198526ba0c659febbe` (git)
  - affected: `4c47af4d5eb2c2f78f886079a3920a7078a6f0a0 to before 43410c1f2db53516e95ddd7e5b4b02f495b78121` (git)
  - affected: `4c47af4d5eb2c2f78f886079a3920a7078a6f0a0 to before d893a7cc1cb41dd510f338bb2bfd8f29b14eaf49` (git)
  - affected: `4c47af4d5eb2c2f78f886079a3920a7078a6f0a0 to before 83b1a7f9e718828ef364a7b004254ebb2d0035fe` (git)
  - affected: `4c47af4d5eb2c2f78f886079a3920a7078a6f0a0 to before 173610fff55022a5ad1579fbcc7faa97467b58b7` (git)
  - affected: `4c47af4d5eb2c2f78f886079a3920a7078a6f0a0 to before c9338057df1025f578fe7d0ff08bada87b8b838d` (git)
  - affected: `4c47af4d5eb2c2f78f886079a3920a7078a6f0a0 to before ddc34cc0834c873871e88b055ee6a260676efe97` (git)
  - affected: `4c47af4d5eb2c2f78f886079a3920a7078a6f0a0 to before d2c31b837406395e576afeb25958c98e9938f3f6` (git)
  - affected: `8ceaec02b17397d12719a282945abc95f8149d9f` (git)
  - affected: `d2c2bdcdd8c5ce3d2a68aa3353ed1f340c3e500e` (git)
  - affected: `3.10.106 to before 3.11` (semver)
  - affected: `3.12.71 to before 3.13` (semver)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `3.14`
  - unaffected: `before 3.14` (semver)
  - unaffected: `5.10.271 to 5.10.*, inclusive` (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:** 0.0018, the 7th 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-2026-98614](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-98614)
- [NVD: CVE-2026-98614](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-98614)

### References from the CNA

- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3fe624c3843694ab096fdb198526ba0c659febbe>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/43410c1f2db53516e95ddd7e5b4b02f495b78121>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d893a7cc1cb41dd510f338bb2bfd8f29b14eaf49>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/83b1a7f9e718828ef364a7b004254ebb2d0035fe>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/173610fff55022a5ad1579fbcc7faa97467b58b7>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c9338057df1025f578fe7d0ff08bada87b8b838d>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ddc34cc0834c873871e88b055ee6a260676efe97>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d2c31b837406395e576afeb25958c98e9938f3f6>

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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