What is CVE-2026-97899?

CVE-2026-97899 is a unscored severity Linux kernel vulnerability, affecting Linux kernel versions from 5.5 onward and patched in 5.10.271, 5.15.222, 6.1.189 and others. CVE-2026-97899 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2026-97899?

CVE-2026-97899 has a CVSS score of pending NVD analysis out of 10, rated awaiting scoring severity.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2026-97899?

Yes, CVE-2026-97899 has been patched. Fixed versions include 5.10.271, 5.15.222, 6.1.189 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 5.5 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.

Is CVE-2026-97899 actively exploited?

CVE-2026-97899 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2026-97899

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/i915: Fix memory leak in query_perf_config_list() When krealloc() fails, free the original oa_config_ids before returning to avoid a memory leak. (cherry picked from commit 9977e9d84f46d4f12ad35fbbc0ec4638554bce87)

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2026-09-25

Last modified 2026-10-03

Patch available

Yes

Affected versions

Linux kernel versions 5.5 and later are affected. Fixed in 5.10.271, 5.15.222, 6.1.189, 6.6.158, 6.12.111, 6.18.53, 7.2.7, 7.3-rc3 and their respective stable series.

Affected from

≥ 5.5

Fixed in

✓ 5.10.271 5.10.x ✓ 5.15.222 5.15.x ✓ 6.1.189 6.1.x ✓ 6.6.158 6.6.x ✓ 6.12.111 6.12.x ✓ 6.18.53 6.18.x ✓ 7.2.7 7.2.x ✓ 7.3-rc3

References

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Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-97899?

CVE-2026-97899 is a unscored severity Linux kernel vulnerability . It affects Linux kernel versions from 5.5 onward and has been patched in 5.10.271, 5.15.222, 6.1.189 and others. CVE-2026-97899 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2026-97899?

Yes. CVE-2026-97899 has been patched. Fixed versions include 5.10.271, 5.15.222, 6.1.189 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 5.5 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.
Is CVE-2026-97899 actively exploited?

No. CVE-2026-97899 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.