What is CVE-2026-98608?

CVE-2026-98608 is a unscored severity Linux kernel vulnerability, affecting Linux kernel versions from 4.4 onward and patched in 5.10.271, 5.15.222, 6.1.189 and others. CVE-2026-98608 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2026-98608?

CVE-2026-98608 has a CVSS score of pending NVD analysis out of 10, rated awaiting scoring severity.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2026-98608?

Yes, CVE-2026-98608 has been patched. Fixed versions include 5.10.271, 5.15.222, 6.1.189 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 4.4 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.

Is CVE-2026-98608 actively exploited?

CVE-2026-98608 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2026-98608

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/virtio: fix object leak in virtio_gpu_resource_create_ioctl() virtio_gpu_resource_create_ioctl() calls drm_gem_object_release() on the drm_gem_handle_create() error path instead of dropping the reference it owns, so obj->funcs->free() never runs and the virtio_gpu_object, its pages and sg table, the resource id and the host-side resource are leaked. Use drm_gem_object_put() instead.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2026-10-18

Last modified 2026-10-18

Patch available

Yes

Affected versions

Linux kernel versions 4.4 and later are affected. Fixed in 5.10.271, 5.15.222, 6.1.189, 6.6.158, 6.12.112, 6.18.55, 7.2.9, 7.3 and their respective stable series.

Affected from

≥ 4.4

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 ✓ 6.12.112 6.12.x ✓ 6.18.55 6.18.x ✓ 7.2.9 7.2.x ✓ 7.3

References

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Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-98608?

CVE-2026-98608 is a unscored severity Linux kernel vulnerability . It affects Linux kernel versions from 4.4 onward and has been patched in 5.10.271, 5.15.222, 6.1.189 and others. CVE-2026-98608 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2026-98608?

Yes. CVE-2026-98608 has been patched. Fixed versions include 5.10.271, 5.15.222, 6.1.189 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 4.4 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.
Is CVE-2026-98608 actively exploited?

No. CVE-2026-98608 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.