# ima: return error early if file xattr cannot be changed

CVE record · `CVE-2026-98885`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2026-98885`
- **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:** 26 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: `07f6a79415d7d502ee0c7d02ace6594a7be7429a to before 86acb68ebb220b83def94e7f4c33e24e843970e0` (git)
  - affected: `07f6a79415d7d502ee0c7d02ace6594a7be7429a to before 4d98295357bcacb70874e73117e298a9d7d9b830` (git)
  - affected: `07f6a79415d7d502ee0c7d02ace6594a7be7429a to before c6988714c0549e06610635c7a71e88635da6db64` (git)
  - affected: `07f6a79415d7d502ee0c7d02ace6594a7be7429a to before 8c77312728d07b60fc028f676e42d842df918bcd` (git)
  - affected: `07f6a79415d7d502ee0c7d02ace6594a7be7429a to before dce1b66fcfb40c935f426f602c3a41a7b9f62ba4` (git)
  - affected: `07f6a79415d7d502ee0c7d02ace6594a7be7429a to before 2f29f880e98bf0087215726c45a485afd15b42cf` (git)
  - affected: `07f6a79415d7d502ee0c7d02ace6594a7be7429a to before 69fc6474236d9edda6983623e4282f2bdfd8e3d8` (git)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `3.7`
  - unaffected: `before 3.7` (semver)
  - unaffected: `5.10.271 to 5.10.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `5.15.222 to 5.15.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.1.189 to 6.1.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.6.158 to 6.6.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.12.111 to 6.12.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.18.53 to 6.18.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `7.2 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:** 0.0018, the 7th 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-2026-98885](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-98885)
- [NVD: CVE-2026-98885](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-98885)

### References from the CNA

- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/86acb68ebb220b83def94e7f4c33e24e843970e0>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4d98295357bcacb70874e73117e298a9d7d9b830>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c6988714c0549e06610635c7a71e88635da6db64>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8c77312728d07b60fc028f676e42d842df918bcd>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dce1b66fcfb40c935f426f602c3a41a7b9f62ba4>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2f29f880e98bf0087215726c45a485afd15b42cf>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/69fc6474236d9edda6983623e4282f2bdfd8e3d8>

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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