# pfcp: fix socket lifetime on netdevice registration failure

CVE record · `CVE-2026-98849`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2026-98849`
- **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: `76c8764ef36a5d37ea2e551bda28ac7f028383ba to before dcb8f6a79c3360a440c399d85df465a6e59351f1` (git)
  - affected: `76c8764ef36a5d37ea2e551bda28ac7f028383ba to before 4b8ce1686dea1a10805a0807bf492409b0300ee1` (git)
  - affected: `76c8764ef36a5d37ea2e551bda28ac7f028383ba to before 2cee3603ec1d9b5ec7f2121ea3efe9488e906f46` (git)
  - affected: `76c8764ef36a5d37ea2e551bda28ac7f028383ba to before 0f17d2e3dd9cda3ee6d94033d5e5489af168920d` (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 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-2026-98849](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-98849)
- [NVD: CVE-2026-98849](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-98849)

### References from the CNA

- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dcb8f6a79c3360a440c399d85df465a6e59351f1>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4b8ce1686dea1a10805a0807bf492409b0300ee1>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2cee3603ec1d9b5ec7f2121ea3efe9488e906f46>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0f17d2e3dd9cda3ee6d94033d5e5489af168920d>

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

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