# net/sched: em_text: reject unterminated algo before autoload

CVE record · `CVE-2026-98969`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2026-98969`
- **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:** 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: `d675c989ed2d4ba23dff615330b04371aea83534 to before 64153f1dd14dabfd4e79bf506bb5b5d66f7b42eb` (git)
  - affected: `d675c989ed2d4ba23dff615330b04371aea83534 to before b62fb105961b677418cbc0a0a8837a41735729ec` (git)
  - affected: `d675c989ed2d4ba23dff615330b04371aea83534 to before b4da5c85cd701066ff429727fb61b84bde8bcce2` (git)
  - affected: `d675c989ed2d4ba23dff615330b04371aea83534 to before 00bcc303000bac524d62eed054d77372b38ace0f` (git)
  - affected: `d675c989ed2d4ba23dff615330b04371aea83534 to before 22182f91c6703af6e9832cffe6d22b381031cb5a` (git)
  - affected: `d675c989ed2d4ba23dff615330b04371aea83534 to before 85e5512369d4fe6e5f2c43712d9f9e01d4ae8437` (git)
  - affected: `d675c989ed2d4ba23dff615330b04371aea83534 to before b627c6ba20be20334338229b4820baacb9d96826` (git)
  - affected: `d675c989ed2d4ba23dff615330b04371aea83534 to before c9728fcf2e7fb4a7a8d08ebd9524c3b02ae1a021` (git)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `2.6.13`
  - unaffected: `before 2.6.13` (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

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

- **CISA KEV:** Not listed.
- **EPSS:** 0.0021, the 11th 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-2026-98969](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-98969)
- [NVD: CVE-2026-98969](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-98969)

### References from the CNA

- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/64153f1dd14dabfd4e79bf506bb5b5d66f7b42eb>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b62fb105961b677418cbc0a0a8837a41735729ec>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b4da5c85cd701066ff429727fb61b84bde8bcce2>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/00bcc303000bac524d62eed054d77372b38ace0f>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/22182f91c6703af6e9832cffe6d22b381031cb5a>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/85e5512369d4fe6e5f2c43712d9f9e01d4ae8437>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b627c6ba20be20334338229b4820baacb9d96826>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c9728fcf2e7fb4a7a8d08ebd9524c3b02ae1a021>

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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