# drm/fb-helper: defer setup when fbdev_probe() fails, not just on -EAGAIN

CVE record · `CVE-2026-99007`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2026-99007`
- **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, 12:20 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: `ca91a2758fcef6635626993557dd51cfbb6dd134 to before 423c871a586cff8b29f48db00e3c45c21d0e8121` (git)
  - affected: `ca91a2758fcef6635626993557dd51cfbb6dd134 to before e5f8f6e0f0a18c77c04b757d72319d897a0b4bc1` (git)
  - affected: `ca91a2758fcef6635626993557dd51cfbb6dd134 to before 9124411cb91b129ff3ffb0d723ecba7a5bf893f9` (git)
  - affected: `ca91a2758fcef6635626993557dd51cfbb6dd134 to before 4a2006c675758f0c765b36fec6b49d17e89159cf` (git)
  - affected: `ca91a2758fcef6635626993557dd51cfbb6dd134 to before 3b303696f61461b3569019d7fcac6a646652b2b4` (git)
  - affected: `ca91a2758fcef6635626993557dd51cfbb6dd134 to before 4e7b508c7c60dec7a86b7eb2a1b7e6d174afa457` (git)
  - affected: `ca91a2758fcef6635626993557dd51cfbb6dd134 to before d510ed273854177f0a3ed330145858b2fe667f81` (git)
  - affected: `ca91a2758fcef6635626993557dd51cfbb6dd134 to before 755c94d178b7e972bb766199d34e4ba4f63a89eb` (git)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `4.14`
  - unaffected: `before 4.14` (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:** 0.0018, the 7th 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-2026-99007](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-99007)
- [NVD: CVE-2026-99007](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-99007)

### References from the CNA

- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/423c871a586cff8b29f48db00e3c45c21d0e8121>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e5f8f6e0f0a18c77c04b757d72319d897a0b4bc1>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9124411cb91b129ff3ffb0d723ecba7a5bf893f9>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4a2006c675758f0c765b36fec6b49d17e89159cf>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3b303696f61461b3569019d7fcac6a646652b2b4>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4e7b508c7c60dec7a86b7eb2a1b7e6d174afa457>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d510ed273854177f0a3ed330145858b2fe667f81>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/755c94d178b7e972bb766199d34e4ba4f63a89eb>

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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