CVE-2026-97901

UNRATEDCVSS · not yet scoredTrending — 6 sources updated this week
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EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • No CVSS published and no exploitation signals yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0.2%CVSS v2: —Exploit: None knownExposed services: Not assessed

No fix is confirmed yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for the fix.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

genetlink: pin family module during policy dump

The generic netlink controller's policy dump keeps pointers to the target family's operation and policy tables in its callback state. A dump may be split across multiple skbs and remain pending after the initial request.

Netlink pins the module which owns the dump callback, but in this case that is the controller's owner rather than the target family's owner. The target family can consequently be unregistered and its module unloaded while a policy dump is pending. Advancing the dump then dereferences policy memory from the unloaded module.

Take a reference to the target family's module when the dump starts. Drop it from the error and done paths. This matches the lifetime for which the dump context retains the family and policy pointers.

CVSS v3
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EchelonGraph score
Not yet assessedNo source has published severity data for this CVE yet — no CVSS score from NVD or a CNA, no GitHub advisory, and it is not in CISA KEV. This is not a rating of zero; we cannot assess it yet.
EG Score
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EG Risk
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EPSS PROB
0.2%
EPSS %ILE
8th
KEV
Not listed

Published

September 25, 2026

Last Modified

October 3, 2026

References (4)

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-97901(2)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Affected Packages

(3 across 3 ecosystems)
Debian:12(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
linux6.1.106-1 ... 7.2~rc7-1~exp1 (360 versions)
  • every version on: no fix on record
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Debian:13(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
linux6.12.100-1 ... 7.2~rc7-1~exp1 (183 versions)
  • every version on: no fix on record
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Debian:14(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
linux6.12.100-1 ... 7.2~rc7-1~exp1 (180 versions)
  • every version up to 7.2.7-1: fixed in 7.2.7-1
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Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 17× in last 7d / 22× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

  1. 2026-10-04 23:23 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-10-03 14:26 UTCEPSS rescore
  3. 2026-10-03 11:26 UTCNVD update
  4. 2026-10-03 11:20 UTCVendor advisory
  5. 2026-10-03 11:20 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-10-03 11:10 UTCMITRE cvelistV5
  7. 2026-10-02 17:57 UTCEPSS rescore
  8. 2026-10-01 19:51 UTCEPSS rescore
  9. 2026-10-01 13:21 UTCEG score recompute
  10. 2026-10-01 13:21 UTCVendor advisory
  11. 2026-10-01 13:21 UTCGHSA enrichment
  12. 2026-09-30 15:04 UTCEPSS rescore
  13. 2026-09-28 13:52 UTCEPSS rescore
  14. 2026-09-28 13:52 UTCEPSS rescore
  15. 2026-09-28 12:29 UTCEG score recompute
  16. 2026-09-28 12:29 UTCVendor advisory
  17. 2026-09-28 12:29 UTCGHSA enrichment
  18. 2026-09-27 13:49 UTCEPSS rescore
  19. 2026-09-26 15:59 UTCEPSS rescore
  20. 2026-09-25 11:30 UTCNVD update
  21. 2026-09-25 10:37 UTCEG score recompute
  22. 2026-09-25 10:27 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

Frequently asked(4)

What is CVE-2026-97901?
CVE-2026-97901 is a publicly disclosed vulnerability published on September 25, 2026. In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: genetlink: pin family module during policy dump The generic netlink controller's policy dump keeps pointers to the target family's operation and policy tables in its callback state. A dump may be split across multiple skbs and…
When was CVE-2026-97901 disclosed?
CVE-2026-97901 was first published on September 25, 2026, with the most recent update on October 3, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-97901 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-97901 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (8th percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-97901?
No fix for CVE-2026-97901 is confirmed yet. Until one is published, restrict network exposure of the affected system or apply the vendor's mitigation — for example, keep it off the internet or limit it to trusted networks — and watch the vendor's advisory for the fix. The vendor advisories EchelonGraph has for CVE-2026-97901 are linked in the Vendor Advisories panel on this page.

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