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CVE record · `CVE-2026-98792`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2026-98792`
- **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:** 21 Oct 2026
- **Reviewed by a person:** No

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: Linux) at 18 Oct 2026, 15:48 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 f7e292f3c8c853f27a1af7eaf3428a0e76fe5fcc` (git)
  - affected: `2c8897953f3b2ff5498f3f275708a742bfcdbc24 to before 4d52b72f3aa68ad0536444e36530bda75070194c` (git)
  - affected: `2c8897953f3b2ff5498f3f275708a742bfcdbc24 to before 4033e1a9262c57dfbfc594a591a50fcba63c531a` (git)
  - affected: `2c8897953f3b2ff5498f3f275708a742bfcdbc24 to before a2cac45848d1cf31ed190db30f90ba8211e9a8ca` (git)
  - affected: `2c8897953f3b2ff5498f3f275708a742bfcdbc24 to before 7c549fb7eecd01fdba7c0d12c01da876ef8a3214` (git)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `5.7`
  - unaffected: `before 5.7` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.6.160 to 6.6.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.12.113 to 6.12.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.18.56 to 6.18.*, inclusive` (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:** 0.0017, the 6th 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-2026-98792](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-98792)
- [NVD: CVE-2026-98792](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-98792)

### References from the CNA

- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f7e292f3c8c853f27a1af7eaf3428a0e76fe5fcc>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4d52b72f3aa68ad0536444e36530bda75070194c>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4033e1a9262c57dfbfc594a591a50fcba63c531a>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a2cac45848d1cf31ed190db30f90ba8211e9a8ca>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7c549fb7eecd01fdba7c0d12c01da876ef8a3214>

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

This CVE names a vendor and product rather than a package, so the lockfile check doesn’t match it. Compare the affected versions above with what you run.

- With the agentprime MCP server (<https://api.agentprime.io/mcp>), `get_advisory` returns this record and `search_advisories` finds related ones. Setup: <https://agentprime.io/mcp.md>
- As JSON: <https://api.agentprime.io/v1/advisories/CVE-2026-98792>
- Everything that needs attention now: <https://agentprime.io/advisories/critical.md>

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