# ALSA: seq: oss: Reject reads that cannot fit the next event

CVE record · `CVE-2026-98912`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2026-98912`
- **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, 11:55 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: `1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 to before b3b4b647313757a275be7f7f9d0415d0a90acf73` (git)
  - affected: `1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 to before 591226398c1f93bd994678237ff0be229b19d3bb` (git)
  - affected: `1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 to before 372bec8a01e2ab8eaa6851bdc346ede5f82dba99` (git)
  - affected: `1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 to before 2922cf2583e590f51bed613a6fcd27b9aea83674` (git)
  - affected: `1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 to before 7483fd5f6990f43cc266e94b3f50ce84856ebb97` (git)
  - affected: `1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 to before 20b8520d1ef996173065f7abdde47b99136c0785` (git)
  - affected: `1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 to before 611f538253d970f4d152003841544e875828d015` (git)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `2.6.12`
  - unaffected: `before 2.6.12` (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 8 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-2026-98912](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-98912)
- [NVD: CVE-2026-98912](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-98912)

### References from the CNA

- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b3b4b647313757a275be7f7f9d0415d0a90acf73>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/591226398c1f93bd994678237ff0be229b19d3bb>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/372bec8a01e2ab8eaa6851bdc346ede5f82dba99>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2922cf2583e590f51bed613a6fcd27b9aea83674>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7483fd5f6990f43cc266e94b3f50ce84856ebb97>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/20b8520d1ef996173065f7abdde47b99136c0785>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/611f538253d970f4d152003841544e875828d015>

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-2026-98912>
- Everything that needs attention now: <https://agentprime.io/advisories/critical.md>

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