# rtc: ac100: Assign .num before accessing .hws

CVE record · `CVE-2026-98848`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2026-98848`
- **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, 15:50 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: `f316cdff8d677db9ad9c90acb44c4cd535b0ee27 to before e77c5fc1f39fdb06ecd1f55b101eea1e1db2ffef` (git)
  - affected: `f316cdff8d677db9ad9c90acb44c4cd535b0ee27 to before 6bb55381daf1a1bed0657189a1396e7467712525` (git)
  - affected: `f316cdff8d677db9ad9c90acb44c4cd535b0ee27 to before 160619b38707241e22569f9c983a4b3d0890996a` (git)
  - affected: `f316cdff8d677db9ad9c90acb44c4cd535b0ee27 to before ad1bf77039cba83373bf1eff3784655e3e3ed2ab` (git)
  - affected: `f316cdff8d677db9ad9c90acb44c4cd535b0ee27 to before 6a4117eee82dd85f11bf898bf66026764011eeb6` (git)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `6.6`
  - unaffected: `before 6.6` (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:** 0.0016, 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-2026-98848](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-98848)
- [NVD: CVE-2026-98848](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-98848)

### References from the CNA

- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e77c5fc1f39fdb06ecd1f55b101eea1e1db2ffef>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6bb55381daf1a1bed0657189a1396e7467712525>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/160619b38707241e22569f9c983a4b3d0890996a>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ad1bf77039cba83373bf1eff3784655e3e3ed2ab>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6a4117eee82dd85f11bf898bf66026764011eeb6>

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-2026-98848>
- Everything that needs attention now: <https://agentprime.io/advisories/critical.md>

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