CVE-2026-98324

HIGHPre-NVD 7.87.8
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

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

Score 7.8 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-10-06. A secondary CVSS source baseline 7.8; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: EPSS, GitHub Security Advisory, a secondary CVSS source
Trending — 3 sources updated this week
7.8EG
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: 7.8Exploit: None knownExposed services: Not assessed

A fix is available — apply it.

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

dmaengine: pxa: fix double counting of the hw descriptors

pxad_alloc_desc() was converted from

kzalloc(struct_size(sw_desc, hw_desc, nb_hw_desc), GFP_NOWAIT)

to kzalloc_flex(), which sets the __counted_by() counter sw_desc->nb_desc itself - but only where the compiler has __builtin_counted_by_ref(), so from gcc 15.1 or clang 22.1 on. The loop below it still increments nb_desc, which makes it come out doubled there and correct elsewhere.

nb_desc is what pxad_free_desc() iterates over and what set_updater_desc() indexes from, so set it explicitly and drop the increment. The error path has to lower it to the number of descriptors allocated so far, otherwise pxad_free_desc() would free entries that were never allocated.

CVSS v3
7.8
EG Score
7.8HIGHhigh confidence
EG Risk
35
EG Risk 35/100

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)
Severity78% × 45%
The EG Score, 7.8 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
2nd
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 (2)

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

dmaengine: pxa: fix double counting of the hw descriptors - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f6504be006aa4bb4bd26285f410a885c17920d65
Web page

dmaengine: pxa: fix double counting of the hw descriptors - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1de93785f32b450e9eae1e4fcfb7d03eb49eb27e

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-98324(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 27× in last 7d / 37× 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% · 2nd percentile
  2. 2026-10-13 03:58 UTCEG score recompute
  3. 2026-10-13 03:57 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-wrvr-2vch-mjpj · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
  4. 2026-10-12 16:35 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.1% · 2nd percentile
  5. 2026-10-12 14:38 UTCEG score recompute
  6. 2026-10-11 19:10 UTCEG score recompute
  7. 2026-10-11 18:57 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-wrvr-2vch-mjpj · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
  8. 2026-10-11 16:25 UTCEG score recompute
  9. 2026-10-11 13:50 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.1% · 2nd percentile
  10. 2026-10-11 13:37 UTCEG score recompute
  11. 2026-10-11 07:06 UTCEG score recompute
  12. 2026-10-11 07:06 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-wrvr-2vch-mjpj · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
  13. 2026-10-10 20:00 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.1% · 2nd percentile
  14. 2026-10-10 19:12 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-wrvr-2vch-mjpj · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
  15. 2026-10-10 07:16 UTCEG score recompute
  16. 2026-10-10 07:15 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-wrvr-2vch-mjpj · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
  17. 2026-10-09 20:08 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.1% · 2nd percentile
  18. 2026-10-09 19:22 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-wrvr-2vch-mjpj · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
  19. 2026-10-09 07:29 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-wrvr-2vch-mjpj · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
  20. 2026-10-08 19:38 UTCEG score recompute
  21. 2026-10-08 19:38 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-wrvr-2vch-mjpj · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
  22. 2026-10-08 17:14 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.1% · 2nd percentile
  23. 2026-10-08 07:21 UTCEG score recompute
  24. 2026-10-08 07:21 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-wrvr-2vch-mjpj · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
  25. 2026-10-07 23:48 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.1% · 2nd percentile
Show 12 more
  1. 2026-10-07 19:30 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-10-07 19:30 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-wrvr-2vch-mjpj · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
  3. 2026-10-07 07:29 UTCEG score recompute
  4. 2026-10-07 07:29 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-wrvr-2vch-mjpj
  5. 2026-10-07 06:57 UTCEG score recomputeFirst assessed: 7.8 HIGH
  6. 2026-10-07 06:57 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-wrvr-2vch-mjpj
  7. 2026-10-07 06:56 UTCMITRE cvelistV5CVSS v3 → 7.8 · severity → HIGH
  8. 2026-10-06 15:19 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.2% · 4th percentile
  9. 2026-10-06 09:33 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-wrvr-2vch-mjpj
  10. 2026-10-06 09:28 UTCNVD update
  11. 2026-10-06 08:54 UTCEG score recompute
  12. 2026-10-06 08:52 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-98324?
CVE-2026-98324 is a high-severity vulnerability; its CVE record was published on October 6, 2026. In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dmaengine: pxa: fix double counting of the hw descriptors pxadallocdesc() was converted from kzalloc(structsize(swdesc, hwdesc, nbhwdesc), GFPNOWAIT) to kzallocflex(), which sets the countedby() counter swdesc->nbdesc itself - but…
When was the CVE record for CVE-2026-98324 published?
The CVE record for CVE-2026-98324 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-2026-98324 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-98324 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (2nd percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs).
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-98324?
CVE-2026-98324 has a CVSS base score of 7.8 (a secondary CVSS source that NVD displays; NVD's own analysis pending).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-98324?
A fix for CVE-2026-98324 is available: update to the fixed version the vendor names in its advisory. The vendor advisories EchelonGraph has for CVE-2026-98324 are linked in the Vendor Advisories panel on this page.

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