# virt: vmgenid: set driver_data before registering notification handlers

CVE record · `CVE-2026-98841`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2026-98841`
- **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, 15:50 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: `e07606713a908eee8099883c8c830ebe33aaf748 to before 538fe5efaa9704ad820ba34b4f9df135ca873d79` (git)
  - affected: `e07606713a908eee8099883c8c830ebe33aaf748 to before 7a1e8daeaa466c6aaffa223e1afe9cfeece0dd47` (git)
  - affected: `e07606713a908eee8099883c8c830ebe33aaf748 to before 8f42954ad8bf9bdbf574f2c437ad30cb2601f401` (git)
  - affected: `e07606713a908eee8099883c8c830ebe33aaf748 to before 9f8139c6145cf17d690d6c414d43b4c0bef632fb` (git)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `6.10`
  - unaffected: `before 6.10` (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 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-2026-98841](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-98841)
- [NVD: CVE-2026-98841](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-98841)

### References from the CNA

- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/538fe5efaa9704ad820ba34b4f9df135ca873d79>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7a1e8daeaa466c6aaffa223e1afe9cfeece0dd47>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8f42954ad8bf9bdbf574f2c437ad30cb2601f401>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9f8139c6145cf17d690d6c414d43b4c0bef632fb>

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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- As JSON: <https://api.agentprime.io/v1/advisories/CVE-2026-98841>
- Everything that needs attention now: <https://agentprime.io/advisories/critical.md>

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