# audit: fix exe mark UAF in kill_rules()

CVE record · `CVE-2026-98862`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2026-98862`
- **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, 15:51 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: `34d99af52ad40bd498ba66970579a5bc1fb1a3bc to before 8d9c97fb262067933ff4452db19e692d26622352` (git)
  - affected: `34d99af52ad40bd498ba66970579a5bc1fb1a3bc to before 11715656540360906235d724fde5349631425073` (git)
  - affected: `34d99af52ad40bd498ba66970579a5bc1fb1a3bc to before 0afb9202c1fb88387d0577524bf9785664bdd802` (git)
  - affected: `34d99af52ad40bd498ba66970579a5bc1fb1a3bc to before 9aee3caeff4dd4126d84f67607b95cec8719b867` (git)
  - affected: `34d99af52ad40bd498ba66970579a5bc1fb1a3bc to before 304960900991157e6883bdf0b39782b690545ee8` (git)
  - affected: `34d99af52ad40bd498ba66970579a5bc1fb1a3bc to before 88633025f20ba9c32ccdb3efc86eafdf98cb825c` (git)
  - affected: `34d99af52ad40bd498ba66970579a5bc1fb1a3bc to before f2cc5462b78559c7628a9f8ac9a9592e7783183a` (git)
  - affected: `34d99af52ad40bd498ba66970579a5bc1fb1a3bc to before aa650d87a498844060eecb1d336f4d46f4d1b0b3` (git)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `4.3`
  - unaffected: `before 4.3` (semver)
  - unaffected: `5.10.273 to 5.10.*, inclusive` (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:** 0.0020, the 10th 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-2026-98862](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-98862)
- [NVD: CVE-2026-98862](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-98862)

### References from the CNA

- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8d9c97fb262067933ff4452db19e692d26622352>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/11715656540360906235d724fde5349631425073>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0afb9202c1fb88387d0577524bf9785664bdd802>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9aee3caeff4dd4126d84f67607b95cec8719b867>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/304960900991157e6883bdf0b39782b690545ee8>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/88633025f20ba9c32ccdb3efc86eafdf98cb825c>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f2cc5462b78559c7628a9f8ac9a9592e7783183a>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/aa650d87a498844060eecb1d336f4d46f4d1b0b3>

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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