# nvmet: use the local P2P device on metadata allocation failure

CVE record · `CVE-2026-98964`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2026-98964`
- **State:** Confirmed
- **Severity:** CVSS 7.5 High
- **Critical:** No
- **CNA:** Linux
- **Technologies:** [Linux kernel](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/linux-kernel.md)
- **Published:** 23 Oct 2026
- **Updated:** 30 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: `c440cd080761b18a52cac20f2a42e5da1e3995af to before eb72e2eeff559eb1eb07b1d644ce2bc1a16c4a80` (git)
  - affected: `bcd9a0797d73eeff659582f23277e7ab6e5f18f3 to before 48c8b59429d09a7c3598de425acbc2d3f4e6647b` (git)
  - affected: `bcd9a0797d73eeff659582f23277e7ab6e5f18f3 to before e8f24ae4f45efe6861f801c6ebd2789c9016f1bc` (git)
  - affected: `bcd9a0797d73eeff659582f23277e7ab6e5f18f3 to before 3c231142c4f4bb96836469eb276026ec55940093` (git)
  - affected: `bcd9a0797d73eeff659582f23277e7ab6e5f18f3 to before 32f21607911a1f69c8f0f93a6c28fe6f8490aa98` (git)
  - affected: `bcd9a0797d73eeff659582f23277e7ab6e5f18f3 to before ce79a6c5cc1b8054ec8d3eba16adda4a36113438` (git)
  - affected: `bcd9a0797d73eeff659582f23277e7ab6e5f18f3 to before 73bf0f9579633b531098a475e6e55c9316763aed` (git)
  - affected: `bcd9a0797d73eeff659582f23277e7ab6e5f18f3 to before 4aa9c0f377a4de5e8fddce76b34ee4529639a1ff` (git)
  - affected: `8a452d62e7cea3c8a2676a3b89a9118755a1a271` (git)
  - affected: `5.10.43 to before 5.10.273` (semver)
  - affected: `5.12.10 to before 5.13` (semver)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `5.13`
  - unaffected: `before 5.13` (semver)
  - unaffected: `5.10.273 to 5.10.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `5.15.224 to 5.15.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.1.191 to 6.1.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.6.160 to 6.6.*, inclusive` (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

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

- **CISA KEV:** Not listed.
- **EPSS:** 0.0061, the 49th percentile, on 6 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-2026-98964](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-98964)
- [NVD: CVE-2026-98964](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-98964)

### References from the CNA

- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/eb72e2eeff559eb1eb07b1d644ce2bc1a16c4a80>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/48c8b59429d09a7c3598de425acbc2d3f4e6647b>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e8f24ae4f45efe6861f801c6ebd2789c9016f1bc>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3c231142c4f4bb96836469eb276026ec55940093>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/32f21607911a1f69c8f0f93a6c28fe6f8490aa98>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ce79a6c5cc1b8054ec8d3eba16adda4a36113438>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/73bf0f9579633b531098a475e6e55c9316763aed>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4aa9c0f377a4de5e8fddce76b34ee4529639a1ff>

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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