# net: ethernet: mtk_eth_soc: allocate dummy netdev sooner

CVE record · `CVE-2026-98796`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2026-98796`
- **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: `656e705243fd0c2864b89634ea16ed444ef64dc6 to before efc91ab1d97bd991faf50baa0ead35029f341eb9` (git)
  - affected: `656e705243fd0c2864b89634ea16ed444ef64dc6 to before 42001839e425b2564b7297be579073a13a8fddf6` (git)
  - affected: `656e705243fd0c2864b89634ea16ed444ef64dc6 to before 82be3d08de9e14d5aed72377f051adb4f09fd540` (git)
  - affected: `656e705243fd0c2864b89634ea16ed444ef64dc6 to before 17eafd74de5a31e30361420a2e3ebf64186b77e5` (git)
  - affected: `656e705243fd0c2864b89634ea16ed444ef64dc6 to before 6f0c2c4f5e7143eba75153ecc8af3a03f7b6a98b` (git)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `4.6`
  - unaffected: `before 4.6` (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-2026-98796](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-98796)
- [NVD: CVE-2026-98796](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-98796)

### References from the CNA

- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/efc91ab1d97bd991faf50baa0ead35029f341eb9>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/42001839e425b2564b7297be579073a13a8fddf6>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/82be3d08de9e14d5aed72377f051adb4f09fd540>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/17eafd74de5a31e30361420a2e3ebf64186b77e5>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6f0c2c4f5e7143eba75153ecc8af3a03f7b6a98b>

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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