# thunderbolt: Fix NULL dereference in tb_remove_work()

CVE record · `CVE-2026-98688`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2026-98688`
- **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, 15:46 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: `a8937f35cf39c39c64325aa84d0463d866850857 to before 2f4cd43faa9d6470b30a9fbcbac6584db8108c1f` (git)
  - affected: `a8937f35cf39c39c64325aa84d0463d866850857 to before 4310c6b8e75d6a47f7548e5948fbe6318aa4440a` (git)
  - affected: `3e9e823810b9a51f0bee9ed6e3d90df70484ff8d` (git)
  - affected: `9363cd4977260bf7f211feee54f85858bba2320c` (git)
  - affected: `5.10.266 to before 5.11` (semver)
  - affected: `5.15.217 to before 5.16` (semver)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `7.2`
  - unaffected: `before 7.2` (semver)
  - unaffected: `7.2.10 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:** 0.0015, the 4th 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-2026-98688](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-98688)
- [NVD: CVE-2026-98688](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-98688)

### References from the CNA

- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2f4cd43faa9d6470b30a9fbcbac6584db8108c1f>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4310c6b8e75d6a47f7548e5948fbe6318aa4440a>

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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