CVE-2026-98197

HIGHPre-NVD 7.07.0
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

“—” beside the score: it is equal to the CVSS score beside it.

Score 7.0 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-10-06. A secondary CVSS source baseline 7.0; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: EPSS, GitHub Security Advisory, a secondary CVSS source
Trending — 4 sources updated this week
7.0EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixRemediate within your standard update timelines (the SSVC decision on this page).
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0.1%CVSS: 7.0Exploit: None knownExposed services: Not assessed

A fix is available — apply it.

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

hwmon: (w83791d) remove fan/pwm 4-5 sysfs group on remove

When the fan/pwm 4-5 pins are not used as GPIO, w83791d_probe() creates the w83791d_group_fanpwm45 sysfs group on the I2C client device.

The probe error path removes this group when a later initialization step fails, but the normal remove path only removes w83791d_group. As a result, the optional fan/pwm 4-5 sysfs files can remain after the driver is unbound.

The callbacks associated with these files access the driver data, which is devm allocated and released after driver unbind. Leaving the sysfs files behind can therefore result in accesses to stale driver data.

Remove w83791d_group_fanpwm45 during normal teardown as well.

This issue was found by manual code inspection.

CVSS v3
7.0
EG Score
7.0HIGHhigh confidence
EG Risk
32
EG Risk 32/100

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed (value × EchelonGraph’s weight)
Severity70% × 45%
The EG Score, 7.0 of 10.
Exploitation0.1% × 40%
FIRST EPSS: the 30-day exploitation probability when EchelonGraph scored this CVE.
Automatability0% × 15%
CISA's BOD 26-04 default: no one has published Automatable for this CVE, and CISA treats it as “no” for a CVE not in KEV.
SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph): Track at low or medium mission impact; Track* at high (mission-essential systems).
Exploitation none (no CISA value, KEV listing or exploit code on record) · Automatable no (CISA's BOD 26-04 default) · Technical impact total (CISA's BOD 26-04 default). EchelonGraph holds no SSVC assessment of this CVE from CISA: none of these inputs is from Vulnrichment. EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE.
Action: A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines.
EPSS PROB
0.1%
EPSS %ILE
1st
KEV
Not listed

SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph)Track at low or medium mission impact; Track* at high (mission-essential systems).

A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines.

Exploitation none (no CISA value, KEV listing or exploit code on record) · Automatable no (CISA's BOD 26-04 default) · Technical impact total (CISA's BOD 26-04 default). EchelonGraph holds no SSVC assessment of this CVE from CISA: none of these inputs is from Vulnrichment. EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE. Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it. CISA's table makes it high when Mission Prevalence is Essential — the vulnerable component "directly provides capabilities that constitute at least one MEF for at least one entity" (MEF: mission essential function) — or when Public Well-Being Impact is Irreversible: "multiple fatalities are likely", the cyber-physical system "is likely lost or destroyed", "extreme or serious externalities" are imposed on other parties, or social systems such as elections or the financial grid "are destabilized and potentially collapse". CISA's decision table

BOD 26-04 (CISA's remediation timeline, Table 1)14 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; Fix on system upgrade if it is not.

In CISA KEV no (CISA's KEV catalog) · Automatable no (CISA's BOD 26-04 default) · Technical impact total (CISA's BOD 26-04 default). Where an input reads “CISA's BOD 26-04 default”, no one has published it for this CVE, and CISA's implementation guidance says: “If “Automatable” and “Technical Impact” information items about a CVE ID are not available and the CVE ID is not in the KEV Catalog, CISA will treat its values as “no” and “total,” respectively, until CISA or a third party provides metadata about the CVE ID. CISA will always provide the Vulnrichment data for a CVE ID listed in the KEV Catalog.” Whether your system is publicly exposed is yours to answer. BOD 26-04 binds US Federal Civilian Executive Branch agencies; for anyone else it is CISA's published timeline, a reference rather than an obligation. The directive · how EchelonGraph applies it

Published

October 6, 2026

Last Modified

October 7, 2026

Advisory Details (8)

Auto-updated Oct 7, 2026
Patch available.
Web page

hwmon: (w83791d) remove fan/pwm 4-5 sysfs group on remove - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0ff9c7775e51ac6d47b1bb5c46f06b1434fe58a8
Web page

hwmon: (w83791d) remove fan/pwm 4-5 sysfs group on remove - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/583e04e88e75b8d57304015d83c38e82a9531600
Web page

hwmon: (w83791d) remove fan/pwm 4-5 sysfs group on remove - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2c381e6e0f033f2df13bd64905e7232c42f49009
Web page

hwmon: (w83791d) remove fan/pwm 4-5 sysfs group on remove - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2dd37d00f1f1af8e02ffa70ee573c10fd1a76864
Web page

hwmon: (w83791d) remove fan/pwm 4-5 sysfs group on remove - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f6e2ab72f32d16d71a2549c7ea062dd209f71670
Web page

hwmon: (w83791d) remove fan/pwm 4-5 sysfs group on remove - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2ccf6c512290a288a2d4d7f076430dfb0c6ee476
Web page

hwmon: (w83791d) remove fan/pwm 4-5 sysfs group on remove - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b1d419eb3bc41245c3d3d99dfe1a7b6c45989586
Web page

hwmon: (w83791d) remove fan/pwm 4-5 sysfs group on remove - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/081e3a78453635fb370b1712809d2af29e60b4c5

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-98197(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
—
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
—
Debian:14(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
linux6.12.100-1 ... 7.2~rc7-1~exp1 (181 versions)
  • every version up to 7.2.8-1: fixed in 7.2.8-1
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Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 36× in last 7d / 47× in last 30d)

Each row is a time one of our pipelines fetched, updated or re-scored this CVE. 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. An arrow marks a change the record states ("CVSS v3 → 9.1"); EPSS and GHSA rows show the values recorded at that time, not what changed (EPSS values are rounded; hover one for the exact figures). Most recent first.

  1. 2026-10-13 16:35 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.1% · 1st percentile
  2. 2026-10-13 03:58 UTCEG score recompute
  3. 2026-10-13 03:58 UTCVendor advisory
  4. 2026-10-13 03:58 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-w8gm-245m-mgrg · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.0
  5. 2026-10-12 16:35 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.1% · 1st percentile
  6. 2026-10-12 14:38 UTCEG score recompute
  7. 2026-10-11 19:42 UTCVendor advisory
  8. 2026-10-11 19:42 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-w8gm-245m-mgrg · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.0
  9. 2026-10-11 19:10 UTCEG score recompute
  10. 2026-10-11 16:25 UTCEG score recompute
  11. 2026-10-11 13:50 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.1% · 1st percentile
  12. 2026-10-11 13:37 UTCEG score recompute
  13. 2026-10-11 07:42 UTCEG score recompute
  14. 2026-10-11 07:42 UTCVendor advisory
  15. 2026-10-11 07:42 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-w8gm-245m-mgrg · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.0
  16. 2026-10-10 20:00 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.1% · 1st percentile
  17. 2026-10-10 19:39 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-w8gm-245m-mgrg · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.0
  18. 2026-10-10 07:39 UTCEG score recompute
  19. 2026-10-10 07:39 UTCVendor advisory
  20. 2026-10-10 07:39 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-w8gm-245m-mgrg · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.0
  21. 2026-10-09 20:08 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.1% · 1st percentile
  22. 2026-10-09 19:39 UTCVendor advisory
  23. 2026-10-09 19:39 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-w8gm-245m-mgrg · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.0
  24. 2026-10-09 07:39 UTCVendor advisory
  25. 2026-10-09 07:39 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-w8gm-245m-mgrg · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.0
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  1. 2026-10-08 19:38 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-10-08 19:38 UTCVendor advisory
  3. 2026-10-08 19:38 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-w8gm-245m-mgrg · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.0
  4. 2026-10-08 17:14 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.1% · 1st percentile
  5. 2026-10-08 07:30 UTCEG score recompute
  6. 2026-10-08 07:30 UTCVendor advisory
  7. 2026-10-08 07:30 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-w8gm-245m-mgrg · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.0
  8. 2026-10-07 23:48 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.1% · 1st percentile
  9. 2026-10-07 19:30 UTCEG score recompute
  10. 2026-10-07 19:30 UTCVendor advisory
  11. 2026-10-07 19:30 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-w8gm-245m-mgrg · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.0
  12. 2026-10-07 07:29 UTCEG score recompute
  13. 2026-10-07 07:29 UTCVendor advisory
  14. 2026-10-07 07:29 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-w8gm-245m-mgrg
  15. 2026-10-07 06:58 UTCEG score recomputeFirst assessed: 7.0 HIGH
  16. 2026-10-07 06:58 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-w8gm-245m-mgrg
  17. 2026-10-07 06:56 UTCMITRE cvelistV5CVSS v3 → 7 · severity → HIGH
  18. 2026-10-06 15:19 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.2% · 11th percentile
  19. 2026-10-06 09:51 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-w8gm-245m-mgrg
  20. 2026-10-06 09:28 UTCNVD update
  21. 2026-10-06 08:55 UTCEG score recompute
  22. 2026-10-06 08:52 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-98197?
CVE-2026-98197 is a high-severity vulnerability; its CVE record was published on October 6, 2026. In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: hwmon: (w83791d) remove fan/pwm 4-5 sysfs group on remove When the fan/pwm 4-5 pins are not used as GPIO, w83791d_probe() creates the w83791dgroupfanpwm45 sysfs group on the I2C client device. The probe error path removes this…
When was the CVE record for CVE-2026-98197 published?
The CVE record for CVE-2026-98197 was published on October 6, 2026. That is the record's publication date; the vulnerability itself may have been made public earlier. EchelonGraph's copy of the record carries a last-modified date of October 7, 2026; the record at its source may have been updated since.
Is CVE-2026-98197 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-98197 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (1st percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs).
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-98197?
CVE-2026-98197 has a CVSS base score of 7.0 (a secondary CVSS source that NVD displays; NVD's own analysis pending).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-98197?
A fix for CVE-2026-98197 is available: update to the fixed version the vendor names in its advisory. The vendor advisories EchelonGraph has for CVE-2026-98197 are linked in the Vendor Advisories panel on this page.

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