# net: bcmgenet: fix NULL dereference in set_coalesce before first open

CVE record · `CVE-2026-98798`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2026-98798`
- **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:** 30 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: `9f4ca05827a27ec73bf63a42732f1978b8a779af to before 51e76b4113e5147329ed8dd232375bf11fd34044` (git)
  - affected: `9f4ca05827a27ec73bf63a42732f1978b8a779af to before 213ff02ab26a4543ef02b4db393bbdd5fa5679a7` (git)
  - affected: `9f4ca05827a27ec73bf63a42732f1978b8a779af to before 0d867b91598b6ed2f75998c34f4e2869631da31e` (git)
  - affected: `9f4ca05827a27ec73bf63a42732f1978b8a779af to before 2294b62eaec6fd3c76a261d287f66641eeafd5f0` (git)
  - affected: `9f4ca05827a27ec73bf63a42732f1978b8a779af to before d870102b5425390cab42eebbf3d19ec6a43c6734` (git)
  - affected: `9f4ca05827a27ec73bf63a42732f1978b8a779af to before 19419faf58dfe5bcc8a9e60e622976c5f8e3ddc1` (git)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `4.17`
  - unaffected: `before 4.17` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.1.191 to 6.1.*, inclusive` (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-2026-98798](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-98798)
- [NVD: CVE-2026-98798](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-98798)

### References from the CNA

- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/51e76b4113e5147329ed8dd232375bf11fd34044>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/213ff02ab26a4543ef02b4db393bbdd5fa5679a7>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0d867b91598b6ed2f75998c34f4e2869631da31e>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2294b62eaec6fd3c76a261d287f66641eeafd5f0>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d870102b5425390cab42eebbf3d19ec6a43c6734>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/19419faf58dfe5bcc8a9e60e622976c5f8e3ddc1>

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-2026-98798>
- Everything that needs attention now: <https://agentprime.io/advisories/critical.md>

---

The web page: <https://agentprime.io/advisories/CVE-2026-98798/>. Everything for agents: <https://agentprime.io/llms.txt>.