# crypto: ccp - Fix possible deadlock in SEV init failure path

CVE record · `CVE-2026-98871`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2026-98871`
- **State:** Confirmed
- **Severity:** No CVSS score
- **Critical:** No
- **CNA:** Linux
- **Technologies:** [Linux kernel](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/linux-kernel.md)
- **Published:** 23 Oct 2026
- **Updated:** 23 Oct 2026
- **Reviewed by a person:** No

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: Linux) at 23 Oct 2026, 11:37 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: `7364a6fbca45f826952ea932699fb2171d06ee73 to before 8e7e06ee7c2938ee3fa31a61cc5289a45c8c13f1` (git)
  - affected: `7364a6fbca45f826952ea932699fb2171d06ee73 to before ffd3a3df92be697eb78118a146c6a5d5e6c1f724` (git)
  - affected: `7364a6fbca45f826952ea932699fb2171d06ee73 to before 364f3841bc22c72b6e2cb72a1e3c91c9c8fc1ef4` (git)
  - affected: `7364a6fbca45f826952ea932699fb2171d06ee73 to before b0e7ec0dab242c5e480121ba12400d0513e37ca2` (git)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `6.9`
  - unaffected: `before 6.9` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.12.111 to 6.12.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.18.53 to 6.18.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `7.2.6 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 6 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 23 Oct 2026. New records show when each source confirmed them.

## Sources

- [CVE List: CVE-2026-98871](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-98871)
- [NVD: CVE-2026-98871](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-98871)

### References from the CNA

- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8e7e06ee7c2938ee3fa31a61cc5289a45c8c13f1>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ffd3a3df92be697eb78118a146c6a5d5e6c1f724>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/364f3841bc22c72b6e2cb72a1e3c91c9c8fc1ef4>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b0e7ec0dab242c5e480121ba12400d0513e37ca2>

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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