# readdir: take no inode lock on an immutable directory

CVE record · `CVE-2026-99084`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2026-99084`
- **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, 12:45 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: `9d4e752a24f740b31ca827bfab07010e4e7f34b0 to before 6d30b399ae28e5166d62484f81ccaefde6fe7996` (git)
  - affected: `9d4e752a24f740b31ca827bfab07010e4e7f34b0 to before e08f57a7dcb83818c058e415988c23beb6c5a47f` (git)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `7.1`
  - unaffected: `before 7.1` (semver)
  - unaffected: `7.2.12 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:** 0.0014, the 3rd 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-2026-99084](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-99084)
- [NVD: CVE-2026-99084](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-99084)

### References from the CNA

- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6d30b399ae28e5166d62484f81ccaefde6fe7996>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e08f57a7dcb83818c058e415988c23beb6c5a47f>

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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