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CVE-2026-98147

printk: Don't WARN on kthread_run failure.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: printk: Don't WARN on kthread_run failure. Since __kthread_create_on_node() returns -EINTR upon SIGKILL, we should not use WARN_ON() in order to catch kthread_run() failure.

Timeline

  1. ID reserved

    By Linux

  2. Published

  3. · 26 days later

    Record updated

Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.

Scores

CVSS scores of CVE-2026-98147, by who scored it
Scored byCVSSScoreVector
NVDNVD · Analyzed3.1Medium5.5CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
0.11% · top 99% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.5.

Affected products

  • Linux · Linux

    • affected 76f258bf3f2aae570209319944703a92ac64e29e – < 15ba35d632c38d879d182577b0af487de0f2dec4
    • affected 76f258bf3f2aae570209319944703a92ac64e29e – < 0af43b52fe4b1751b731c067127fdf47cf1b700c
    • affected 76f258bf3f2aae570209319944703a92ac64e29e – < 4e676279798148382497d0e38c0bd51115e64be1
    • affected 76f258bf3f2aae570209319944703a92ac64e29e – < 72dd0ec09e7cc98ed58ddeac26575e5d1ab8a93d
  • Linux · Linux

    • affected 6.12
    • unaffected < 6.12
    • unaffected 6.12.114 – ≤ 6.12.*
    • unaffected 6.18.57 – ≤ 6.18.*
    • unaffected 7.2.7 – ≤ 7.2.*
    • unaffected 7.3 – ≤ *

References

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