# devlink: fix devlink_rel reference leak when notify work is pending

CVE record · `CVE-2026-98953`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2026-98953`
- **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:** 23 Oct 2026
- **Reviewed by a person:** No

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: Linux) at 23 Oct 2026, 12:19 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: `c137743bce02b18c1537d4681aa515f7b80bf0a8 to before 8c7830e0120e6e1f5084212fd5b79b3092496f87` (git)
  - affected: `c137743bce02b18c1537d4681aa515f7b80bf0a8 to before 8de57bfec3825effb57fe4d25da98ec3b8fda4c6` (git)
  - affected: `c137743bce02b18c1537d4681aa515f7b80bf0a8 to before dc2e787b5fb474241c8a6d18fdacb44adc6d571f` (git)
  - affected: `c137743bce02b18c1537d4681aa515f7b80bf0a8 to before c5381ae1cd1481cc431c2bd79460472c6f1d3ce3` (git)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `6.7`
  - unaffected: `before 6.7` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.12.113 to 6.12.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.18.57 to 6.18.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `7.2.11 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

No source has published a CVSS score for this record yet.

- **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-2026-98953](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-98953)
- [NVD: CVE-2026-98953](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-98953)

### References from the CNA

- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8c7830e0120e6e1f5084212fd5b79b3092496f87>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8de57bfec3825effb57fe4d25da98ec3b8fda4c6>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dc2e787b5fb474241c8a6d18fdacb44adc6d571f>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c5381ae1cd1481cc431c2bd79460472c6f1d3ce3>

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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