What is CVE-2026-98896?

CVE-2026-98896 is a unscored severity Linux kernel vulnerability. CVE-2026-98896 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2026-98896?

CVE-2026-98896 has a CVSS score of pending NVD analysis out of 10, rated awaiting scoring severity.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2026-98896?

Yes, CVE-2026-98896 has been patched. Fixed versions include 5.10.271, 5.15.222, 6.1.189 and others.

Is CVE-2026-98896 actively exploited?

CVE-2026-98896 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2026-98896

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: thunderbolt: Keep the domain reference while processing hotplug We process hotplug events in a workqueue that may run after the domain has been removed by tb_domain_remove(). For example if user unloads the driver while at the same time plugging a device router we may have scheduled tb_handle_hotplug() to run. Avoid possible UAF in this case by taking the domain reference before scheduling the hotplug handler in tb_queue_hotplug().

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2026-10-23

Last modified 2026-10-23

Patch available

Yes

Affected versions

Fixed in 5.10.271, 5.15.222, 6.1.189, 6.6.158, 6.12.111, 6.18.53, 7.2 and their respective stable series.

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

References

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Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-98896?

CVE-2026-98896 is a unscored severity Linux kernel vulnerability . CVE-2026-98896 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2026-98896?

Yes. CVE-2026-98896 has been patched. Fixed versions include 5.10.271, 5.15.222, 6.1.189 and others.
Is CVE-2026-98896 actively exploited?

No. CVE-2026-98896 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.