# netfilter: flowtable: publish HW_DEAD after worker is done

CVE record · `CVE-2026-98625`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2026-98625`
- **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: `2c8897953f3b2ff5498f3f275708a742bfcdbc24 to before f92e8f39726ba68a7c42c6b7566be687c8161579` (git)
  - affected: `2c8897953f3b2ff5498f3f275708a742bfcdbc24 to before 00e452a7ca9fda135ea3d04a11128d5088e354a8` (git)
  - affected: `2c8897953f3b2ff5498f3f275708a742bfcdbc24 to before 56f39c7d139bb76072efe2fb3dcafc13ba915ad8` (git)
  - affected: `2c8897953f3b2ff5498f3f275708a742bfcdbc24 to before e20701843032c438f879066a77ea85e361c6b999` (git)
  - affected: `2c8897953f3b2ff5498f3f275708a742bfcdbc24 to before b4f0f05dfbe836a171bff261f17d098a4d5461ea` (git)
  - affected: `2c8897953f3b2ff5498f3f275708a742bfcdbc24 to before b0ef9450e93f2adeb77593db14c2ac7c6c8f5060` (git)
  - affected: `2c8897953f3b2ff5498f3f275708a742bfcdbc24 to before f26652e99f519e6bd34f8a9b48fbb33c603585f2` (git)
  - affected: `2c8897953f3b2ff5498f3f275708a742bfcdbc24 to before d644b23afe1ef509c9961a6d84a093c2587edf02` (git)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `5.7`
  - unaffected: `before 5.7` (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:** 0.0021, 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-2026-98625](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-98625)
- [NVD: CVE-2026-98625](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-98625)

### References from the CNA

- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f92e8f39726ba68a7c42c6b7566be687c8161579>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/00e452a7ca9fda135ea3d04a11128d5088e354a8>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/56f39c7d139bb76072efe2fb3dcafc13ba915ad8>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e20701843032c438f879066a77ea85e361c6b999>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b4f0f05dfbe836a171bff261f17d098a4d5461ea>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b0ef9450e93f2adeb77593db14c2ac7c6c8f5060>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f26652e99f519e6bd34f8a9b48fbb33c603585f2>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d644b23afe1ef509c9961a6d84a093c2587edf02>

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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- As JSON: <https://api.agentprime.io/v1/advisories/CVE-2026-98625>
- Everything that needs attention now: <https://agentprime.io/advisories/critical.md>

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