# thunderbolt: Keep the domain reference while processing hotplug

CVE record · `CVE-2026-98896`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2026-98896`
- **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: `d6cc51cd1a4aed1d9e2dd66d643d729acb4be560 to before 06b2e894e640f6a3dbeb536a2d26d72426b26a46` (git)
  - affected: `d6cc51cd1a4aed1d9e2dd66d643d729acb4be560 to before 1d991f749a8255ee2ecc6307e2f27354ab631827` (git)
  - affected: `d6cc51cd1a4aed1d9e2dd66d643d729acb4be560 to before e8656465d08ed832e120c9cca4a6d0c8ccb45698` (git)
  - affected: `d6cc51cd1a4aed1d9e2dd66d643d729acb4be560 to before b61a4ae2ec6a0d363615d01106e0a2d284133a38` (git)
  - affected: `d6cc51cd1a4aed1d9e2dd66d643d729acb4be560 to before 04df2985159e381c88a923fae1bec2f8d0272412` (git)
  - affected: `d6cc51cd1a4aed1d9e2dd66d643d729acb4be560 to before 0a87af3b1e3aa2e09d160848daf0c39e765b73de` (git)
  - affected: `d6cc51cd1a4aed1d9e2dd66d643d729acb4be560 to before 138ec65b2c761f065b19d115aed2b8246fc272f5` (git)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `3.17`
  - unaffected: `before 3.17` (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:** 0.0019, the 8th 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 23 Oct 2026. New records show when each source confirmed them.

## Sources

- [CVE List: CVE-2026-98896](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-98896)
- [NVD: CVE-2026-98896](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-98896)

### References from the CNA

- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/06b2e894e640f6a3dbeb536a2d26d72426b26a46>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1d991f749a8255ee2ecc6307e2f27354ab631827>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e8656465d08ed832e120c9cca4a6d0c8ccb45698>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b61a4ae2ec6a0d363615d01106e0a2d284133a38>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/04df2985159e381c88a923fae1bec2f8d0272412>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0a87af3b1e3aa2e09d160848daf0c39e765b73de>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/138ec65b2c761f065b19d115aed2b8246fc272f5>

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

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- 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-2026-98896>
- Everything that needs attention now: <https://agentprime.io/advisories/critical.md>

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