# KVM: arm64: vgic: Take a refcount on IRQs referenced by last_lr_irq

CVE record · `CVE-2026-98712`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2026-98712`
- **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: `6da5e537f5afe091658e846da1949d7e557d2ade to before 8b25393d16a5ca8df907bd7ee1ff2e9d85678b3c` (git)
  - affected: `6da5e537f5afe091658e846da1949d7e557d2ade to before 19bc5d79ece613f242b5ec03921a3b465321bfed` (git)
  - affected: `cd28ca4c27ed5929f61bbed8a967c20519facb88` (git)
  - affected: `6.19.9 to before 6.20` (semver)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `7.0`
  - unaffected: `before 7.0` (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 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-2026-98712](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-98712)
- [NVD: CVE-2026-98712](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-98712)

### References from the CNA

- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8b25393d16a5ca8df907bd7ee1ff2e9d85678b3c>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/19bc5d79ece613f242b5ec03921a3b465321bfed>

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-2026-98712>
- Everything that needs attention now: <https://agentprime.io/advisories/critical.md>

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