# net: thunderx: fix PTP device ref leak in nicvf_probe()

CVE record · `CVE-2026-98913`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2026-98913`
- **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: `4a8755096466d1002236ac7293eae821b6de87ba to before 3a2eedb172e777f2c8608395eec42250fb355dae` (git)
  - affected: `4a8755096466d1002236ac7293eae821b6de87ba to before c8bc44a1d86d5b432ec7f5a6f30b4e719a047374` (git)
  - affected: `4a8755096466d1002236ac7293eae821b6de87ba to before df3d586ecc580623edadec71a6ffdf4c79e2a8e8` (git)
  - affected: `4a8755096466d1002236ac7293eae821b6de87ba to before 916d74343cd60ef7c3d433bd417d26ba31642c09` (git)
  - affected: `4a8755096466d1002236ac7293eae821b6de87ba to before 2bcf59eefb9f00a2b1d426b639ee49c305a80695` (git)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `4.16`
  - unaffected: `before 4.16` (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:** 0.0017, the 6th 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-2026-98913](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-98913)
- [NVD: CVE-2026-98913](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-98913)

### References from the CNA

- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3a2eedb172e777f2c8608395eec42250fb355dae>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c8bc44a1d86d5b432ec7f5a6f30b4e719a047374>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/df3d586ecc580623edadec71a6ffdf4c79e2a8e8>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/916d74343cd60ef7c3d433bd417d26ba31642c09>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2bcf59eefb9f00a2b1d426b639ee49c305a80695>

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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