# tpm: Disable TPM on null key name mismatch

CVE record · `CVE-2026-98845`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2026-98845`
- **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: `cc7d8594342a25693d40fe96f97e5c6c29ee609c to before a03d0c64cd827a622578623a78defd66b6593b82` (git)
  - affected: `cc7d8594342a25693d40fe96f97e5c6c29ee609c to before 96c46c75b0d470b4204f9fe1bdb075cd2ebaebfa` (git)
  - affected: `cc7d8594342a25693d40fe96f97e5c6c29ee609c to before f6599d8830fe7ddab7334cc17846fd9ac9a7fa50` (git)
  - affected: `cc7d8594342a25693d40fe96f97e5c6c29ee609c to before 015fb29a748342a186f37b602ac70017098c8251` (git)
  - affected: `294984ce51c19c2af3d0d71e1c8bd589bc86b8e2` (git)
  - affected: `386c7cc6c06d64cbf36d15c5e2319814765e107c` (git)
  - affected: `6.11.7 to before 6.12` (semver)
  - affected: `6.11.10 to before 6.12` (semver)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `6.12`
  - unaffected: `before 6.12` (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:** 0.0016, the 4th 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-2026-98845](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-98845)
- [NVD: CVE-2026-98845](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-98845)

### References from the CNA

- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a03d0c64cd827a622578623a78defd66b6593b82>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/96c46c75b0d470b4204f9fe1bdb075cd2ebaebfa>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f6599d8830fe7ddab7334cc17846fd9ac9a7fa50>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/015fb29a748342a186f37b602ac70017098c8251>

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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