CVE-2026-98225

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  • No CVSS published and no exploitation signals yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0.2%CVSS v2: —Exploit: None knownExposed services: Not assessed

A fix is available — apply it.

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

mm/shrinker: fix bogus set_shrinker_bit() with cgroup.memory=nokmem

With cgroup.memory=nokmem, shrinker_memcg_alloc() bails out early and never allocates an id, so shrinker->id keeps the 0 it got from the kzalloc() in shrinker_alloc(). __list_lru_init() then copies that 0 into lru->shrinker_id, where it looks like a valid bit index.

Nothing calls expand_shrinker_info() on nokmem either, so shrinker_nr_max stays 0 and every memcg ends up with an empty map (map_nr_max == 0).

deferred_split_folio() hands a real memcg to __list_lru_add() regardless of whether the lru is memcg aware, so the first THP queued in a cgroup does set_shrinker_bit(memcg, nid, 0) and trips the bounds check:

WARNING: mm/shrinker.c:212 at set_shrinker_bit+0x7d/0x90, CPU#126 Call Trace: deferred_split_folio+0x18c/0x220 map_anon_folio_pmd_nopf+0xdd/0x130 map_anon_folio_pmd_pf+0x14/0xb0 do_huge_pmd_anonymous_page+0x1a1/0x620 __handle_mm_fault+0xea9/0x10d0 handle_mm_fault+0xe5/0x320 do_user_addr_fault+0x1cc/0x870 exc_page_fault+0x81/0x1b0 asm_exc_page_fault+0x27/0x30

Harmless, the WARN_ON_ONCE() is what keeps the out of bounds unit[] read from happening, but the id should not look valid in the first place. Clear it before returning.

Two other spots could paper over this: drop the id in __list_lru_init() when nokmem turns memcg_aware off, or make deferred_split_folio() pass NULL like list_lru_add_obj() does. Both leave shrinker->id lying around for the next caller, so fix it where the id is handed out.

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
4th
KEV
Not listed

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 6, 2026

References (2)

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-98225(1)

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

Affected Packages

(1 across 1 ecosystem)
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 13× in last 7d / 18× 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 0.2% · 4th percentile
  2. 2026-10-12 16:35 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.2% · 4th percentile
  3. 2026-10-12 14:38 UTCEG score recompute
  4. 2026-10-11 19:10 UTCEG score recompute
  5. 2026-10-11 16:25 UTCEG score recompute
  6. 2026-10-11 13:50 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.2% · 4th percentile
  7. 2026-10-11 13:37 UTCEG score recompute
  8. 2026-10-10 20:00 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.2% · 4th percentile
  9. 2026-10-09 20:08 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.2% · 4th percentile
  10. 2026-10-09 08:09 UTCEG score recompute
  11. 2026-10-09 08:08 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-hwqf-5jpw-p78w
  12. 2026-10-08 17:14 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.2% · 4th percentile
  13. 2026-10-07 23:48 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.2% · 4th percentile
  14. 2026-10-06 15:19 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.2% · 4th percentile
  15. 2026-10-06 09:49 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-hwqf-5jpw-p78w
  16. 2026-10-06 09:28 UTCNVD update
  17. 2026-10-06 08:55 UTCEG score recompute
  18. 2026-10-06 08:52 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

Frequently asked(4)

What is CVE-2026-98225?
CVE-2026-98225 is a vulnerability whose severity is not yet rated; its CVE record was published on October 6, 2026. In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm/shrinker: fix bogus setshrinkerbit() with cgroup.memory=nokmem With cgroup.memory=nokmem, shrinkermemcgalloc() bails out early and never allocates an id, so shrinker->id keeps the 0 it got from the kzalloc() in shrinkeralloc().…
When was the CVE record for CVE-2026-98225 published?
The CVE record for CVE-2026-98225 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 6, 2026; the record at its source may have been updated since.
Is CVE-2026-98225 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-98225 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (4th percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-98225?
A fix for CVE-2026-98225 is available: update to the fixed version the vendor names in its advisory. The vendor advisories EchelonGraph has for CVE-2026-98225 are linked in the Vendor Advisories panel on this page.

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