# net/mctp: publish the mctp_dev only after it is initialised

CVE record · `CVE-2026-98812`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2026-98812`
- **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: `583be982d93479ea3d85091b0fd0b01201ede87d to before 58a270b5ecd8629114a4754d642bad6a33bef493` (git)
  - affected: `583be982d93479ea3d85091b0fd0b01201ede87d to before fdf09d0fa2fb639950bede185d22689f68df140e` (git)
  - affected: `583be982d93479ea3d85091b0fd0b01201ede87d to before 288ef37e0c463192dbb6436e61cdc07ce666dcb9` (git)
  - affected: `583be982d93479ea3d85091b0fd0b01201ede87d to before af6e4f931afc2d670d133aa2bedc8b6e3753c618` (git)
  - affected: `583be982d93479ea3d85091b0fd0b01201ede87d to before 63120572edde85bb2b70b0ed4d4817ed52247613` (git)
  - affected: `583be982d93479ea3d85091b0fd0b01201ede87d to before f37f42e6e039a48c2dcf6c079b9f7fbc864ab7ef` (git)
  - affected: `583be982d93479ea3d85091b0fd0b01201ede87d to before aadf655e8ea9a8ffa24bb8d69f504572e8d18181` (git)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `5.15`
  - unaffected: `before 5.15` (semver)
  - unaffected: `5.15.224 to 5.15.*, inclusive` (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:** 0.0018, the 7th percentile, on 6 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-2026-98812](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-98812)
- [NVD: CVE-2026-98812](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-98812)

### References from the CNA

- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/58a270b5ecd8629114a4754d642bad6a33bef493>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fdf09d0fa2fb639950bede185d22689f68df140e>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/288ef37e0c463192dbb6436e61cdc07ce666dcb9>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/af6e4f931afc2d670d133aa2bedc8b6e3753c618>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/63120572edde85bb2b70b0ed4d4817ed52247613>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f37f42e6e039a48c2dcf6c079b9f7fbc864ab7ef>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/aadf655e8ea9a8ffa24bb8d69f504572e8d18181>

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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- 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-2026-98812>
- Everything that needs attention now: <https://agentprime.io/advisories/critical.md>

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