# printk: Postpone kthread startup

CVE record · `CVE-2026-99250`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2026-99250`
- **State:** Confirmed
- **Severity:** No CVSS score
- **Critical:** No
- **CNA:** Linux
- **Technologies:** [Linux kernel](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/linux-kernel.md)
- **Published:** 3 Nov 2026
- **Updated:** 3 Nov 2026
- **Reviewed by a person:** No

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: Linux) at 3 Nov 2026, 11:18 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: `76f258bf3f2aae570209319944703a92ac64e29e to before a86bcdd84c8fe7a45f73e12d53fe06fea07d1ceb` (git)
  - affected: `76f258bf3f2aae570209319944703a92ac64e29e to before 7595bacee48bc30b5021eccf199d704d4e5e5374` (git)
  - affected: `76f258bf3f2aae570209319944703a92ac64e29e to before 792acd173da0884f0172c68cb473f42cf93c647e` (git)
  - affected: `76f258bf3f2aae570209319944703a92ac64e29e to before 5f339c46f153184570f16c8e789c9709b14cbe8b` (git)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `6.12`
  - unaffected: `before 6.12` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.12.115 to 6.12.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.18.59 to 6.18.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `7.2.13 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:** 0.0016, the 4th percentile, on 5 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

## Timeline

- 3 Nov 2026, 11:18 UTC: [Confirmed by the CVE List](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-99250)
- 3 Nov 2026, 11:27 UTC: First seen by agentprime
- 3 Nov 2026, 12:17 UTC: [Confirmed by NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-99250)

## Sources

- [CVE List: CVE-2026-99250](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-99250)
- [NVD: CVE-2026-99250](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-99250)

### References from the CNA

- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a86bcdd84c8fe7a45f73e12d53fe06fea07d1ceb>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7595bacee48bc30b5021eccf199d704d4e5e5374>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/792acd173da0884f0172c68cb473f42cf93c647e>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5f339c46f153184570f16c8e789c9709b14cbe8b>

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.

## Check whether this affects you

This CVE names a vendor and product rather than a package, so the lockfile check doesn’t match it. Compare the affected versions above with what you run.

- With the agentprime MCP server (<https://api.agentprime.io/mcp>), `get_advisory` returns this record and `search_advisories` finds related ones. Setup: <https://agentprime.io/mcp.md>
- As JSON: <https://api.agentprime.io/v1/advisories/CVE-2026-99250>
- Everything that needs attention now: <https://agentprime.io/advisories/critical.md>

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