# EDAC/altera: Fix use-after-free in error paths

CVE record · `CVE-2026-98932`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2026-98932`
- **State:** Confirmed
- **Severity:** CVSS 7.4 High
- **Critical:** No
- **CNA:** Linux
- **Technologies:** [Linux kernel](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/linux-kernel.md)
- **Published:** 23 Oct 2026
- **Updated:** 24 Oct 2026
- **Reviewed by a person:** No

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: Linux) at 23 Oct 2026, 12:11 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: `588cb03ea208b303e6dee7e916f329043fd0fc26 to before 865f3bdebbc9b34012358c377c9b15154f95f33b` (git)
  - affected: `588cb03ea208b303e6dee7e916f329043fd0fc26 to before 87364b19b3fe4e6dbf88d6acf6db4ec87e7dfbba` (git)
  - affected: `588cb03ea208b303e6dee7e916f329043fd0fc26 to before eef3b67f9c6782127163b631c9043011a68016e2` (git)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `4.7`
  - unaffected: `before 4.7` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.18.56 to 6.18.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `7.2.10 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

- 7.4 High, CVSS 3.1: `CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`, from CNA (Linux)

- **CISA KEV:** Not listed.
- **EPSS:** 0.0018, the 7th 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-2026-98932](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-98932)
- [NVD: CVE-2026-98932](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-98932)

### References from the CNA

- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/865f3bdebbc9b34012358c377c9b15154f95f33b>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/87364b19b3fe4e6dbf88d6acf6db4ec87e7dfbba>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/eef3b67f9c6782127163b631c9043011a68016e2>

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

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