# io_uring/io-wq: don't lose the signal that ends work

CVE record · `CVE-2026-99228`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2026-99228`
- **State:** Confirmed
- **Severity:** No CVSS score
- **Critical:** No
- **CNA:** Linux
- **Technologies:** [Linux kernel](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/linux-kernel.md)
- **Published:** 2 Nov 2026
- **Updated:** 3 Nov 2026
- **Reviewed by a person:** No

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: Linux) at 2 Nov 2026, 16:06 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: `afcc4015d1bf5659b8c722aff679e9b8c41ee156 to before ddccc60f036b309430cf130d48aafed94ef7355a` (git)
  - affected: `afcc4015d1bf5659b8c722aff679e9b8c41ee156 to before 08c42055b8f9a5d29236d34ad4bce08828239fe1` (git)
  - affected: `afcc4015d1bf5659b8c722aff679e9b8c41ee156 to before 62996803c1b5f18176de255db4c843021f2d19c8` (git)
  - affected: `afcc4015d1bf5659b8c722aff679e9b8c41ee156 to before 7309fea05a3d66af9746843c43fef14c10b8141e` (git)
  - affected: `afcc4015d1bf5659b8c722aff679e9b8c41ee156 to before fdb771015c1e13677b57a4015f0c938748f13781` (git)
  - affected: `afcc4015d1bf5659b8c722aff679e9b8c41ee156 to before 63c103279a95e82280092f2f4232e91e8117a252` (git)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `5.12`
  - unaffected: `before 5.12` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.1.191 to 6.1.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.6.161 to 6.6.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.12.115 to 6.12.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.18.60 to 6.18.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `7.2.14 to 7.2.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `7.4-rc1 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:** 0.0016, the 5th percentile, on 5 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

## Timeline

- 2 Nov 2026, 16:06 UTC: [Confirmed by the CVE List](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-99228)
- 2 Nov 2026, 16:12 UTC: First seen by agentprime
- 2 Nov 2026, 16:17 UTC: [Confirmed by NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-99228)

## Sources

- [CVE List: CVE-2026-99228](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-99228)
- [NVD: CVE-2026-99228](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-99228)

### References from the CNA

- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ddccc60f036b309430cf130d48aafed94ef7355a>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/08c42055b8f9a5d29236d34ad4bce08828239fe1>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/62996803c1b5f18176de255db4c843021f2d19c8>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7309fea05a3d66af9746843c43fef14c10b8141e>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fdb771015c1e13677b57a4015f0c938748f13781>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/63c103279a95e82280092f2f4232e91e8117a252>

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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