CVE-2026-98922

UNRATEDCVSS · not yet scored

Also known asEUVD-2026-108886 (ENISA EUVD) · GHSA-x8q8-qwc9-fpg3 (GitHub Security Advisories)Source: ENISA EUVD

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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

A fixed version is listed under Patch Availability — apply it.

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

net: emac: move setting of netops to fix crash

fixes the following crash on driver initialization:

|BUG: Kernel NULL pointer dereference on read at 0x00000158 |Faulting instruction address: 0xc0566b40 |Oops: Kernel access of bad area, sig: 11 [#1] |BE PAGE_SIZE=4K PowerPC 44x Platform |Modules linked in: |CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 1 Comm: swapper/0 Tainted: GW 7.3.0-rc3+ #1 |Tainted: [W]=WARN |Hardware name: MyBook Live APM821XX 0x12c41c83 PowerPC 44x Platform |NIP: c0566b40 LR: c05648f8 CTR: c04c1e9c |REGS: c1053a20 TRAP: 0300 Tainted: GW (7.3.0-rc3+) |MSR: 0002b000 CR: 24008808 XER: 00000000 |DEAR: 00000158 ESR: 00000000 |GPR00: c05648f8 c1053b10 c1063600 c1030000 c5ab3000 00000000 [...] |GPR08: 00000002 00000000 00000000 c1053b40 84002808 00000000 [...] |GPR16: cfffd210 00000002 c0beafcc cfffc960 00000000 c1030644 [...] |GPR24: c0beafbc c1037000 00000000 0000000a 00000000 c1030000 [...] |NIP [c0566b40] phy_link_topo_add_phy+0x2c/0x1d0 |LR [c05648f8] phy_attach_direct+0x1a4/0x368 |Call Trace: |[c1053b10] [c0811e04] klist_put+0x54/0xb4 (unreliable) |[c1053b40] [c05648f8] phy_attach_direct+0x1a4/0x368 |[c1053b70] [c0564ae8] phy_connect_direct+0x2c/0x60 |[c1053b90] [c056c7a8] of_phy_connect+0x50/0x74 |[c1053bc0] [c0572a88] emac_probe+0xd50/0x119c |[c1053c90] [c04cb770] platform_probe+0x74/0xa4 |[c1053cb0] [c04c8f08] really_probe+0x120/0x2b0 |[c1053cd0] [c04c9254] __driver_probe_device+0x1bc/0x1fc |[c1053d00] [c04c9334] driver_probe_device+0x38/0xa8 |[c1053d30] [c04c9560] __driver_attach+0xf4/0x10c |[c1053d50] [c04c6af8] bus_for_each_dev+0x68/0xd0 |[c1053d90] [c04c7c34] bus_add_driver+0xcc/0x1ec |[c1053dc0] [c04c9f6c] driver_register+0xcc/0x110 |[c1053de0] [c0aa3f40] emac_init+0x1c4/0x200

This bug showed up starting with v7.3-rc1. At the NIP in phy_link_topo_add_phy() is a netdev_need_ops_lock() check. This was added by the following commit ded86da4bbb7 ("net: ethtool: relax ethnl_req_get_phydev() locking assertion")

The bug shows up because at the time of_phy_connect() was called, the netdev_ops were *not yet* determined. My fix is to move the code that sets netdev_ops+commac.ops+ethtool_ops further up as emac_init_config() derives that by looking at the device-tree and sets the required dev->phy_mode accordingly.

During review, the Sashiko bot's AI stated that the commac assignment became a dead store. Great catch! To keep the original behavior as-is, one mentioned option "set dev->commac.ops = &emac_commac_ops only in the non-gige case?" sounded like a great plan. So the dev->commac.ops assignment for the non-gige-case moves into the else block.

This patch was tested on a WD MyBook Live (RGMII). the device now works again.

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

What the EG score is made of (scorer v4.0: the three questions the 0–10 score mixes, published apart · methodology)

EG Severity
Not assessed: no CVSS publishedA missing CVSS is not a severity of zero.
EG Likelihood
0.2% within 30 daysSource: FIRST EPSS. FIRST's exploitation probability, not an EchelonGraph model.
Confirmed exploitation
None on record (CISA KEV, EG-KEV Tier 1)Reported apart from the likelihood: an observed fact, not a probability.
EG Priority
No SSVC decision: EchelonGraph has not assessed this CVECISA BOD 26-04: 14 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; Fix on system upgrade if it is not.Each input and its source, and whom BOD 26-04 binds: the BOD 26-04 block below.

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.

The score's inputs: 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 23, 2026

Last Modified

October 23, 2026

References (2)

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-98922(1)

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

Patch Availability(1)

Vendor / EcosystemFix (by version range) / PatchReleasedSource
linuxKernel @ 7.2.9 (fixes >=7.2.0)—osv

Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 8× in last 7d / 16× 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. 2026-11-03 16:49 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.2% · 4th percentile
  2. 2026-11-02 16:46 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.2% · 4th percentile
  3. 2026-11-01 16:36 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.2% · 4th percentile
  4. 2026-10-31 18:25 UTCOSV refresh
  5. 2026-10-31 16:33 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.2% · 4th percentile
  6. 2026-10-30 16:35 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.2% · 4th percentile
  7. 2026-10-29 16:34 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.2% · 4th percentile
  8. 2026-10-28 16:33 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.2% · 4th percentile
  9. 2026-10-27 16:33 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.2% · 4th percentile
  10. 2026-10-26 16:33 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.2% · 4th percentile
  11. 2026-10-25 16:34 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.2% · 4th percentile
  12. 2026-10-25 13:46 UTCEG score recompute
  13. 2026-10-24 16:34 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.2% · 9th percentile
  14. 2026-10-23 13:25 UTCNVD update
  15. 2026-10-23 12:25 UTCEG score recompute
  16. 2026-10-23 12:24 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

Frequently asked(4)

What is CVE-2026-98922?
CVE-2026-98922 is a vulnerability whose severity is not yet rated; its CVE record was published on October 23, 2026. In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: emac: move setting of netops to fix crash fixes the following crash on driver initialization: |BUG: Kernel NULL pointer dereference on read at 0x00000158 |Faulting instruction address: 0xc0566b40 |Oops: Kernel access of bad…
When was the CVE record for CVE-2026-98922 published?
The CVE record for CVE-2026-98922 was published on October 23, 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 23, 2026; the record at its source may have been updated since.
Is CVE-2026-98922 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-98922 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-2026-98922?
A fixed version for CVE-2026-98922 is listed under Patch Availability on this page: update to the version listed for your package. The vendor advisories EchelonGraph has for CVE-2026-98922 are linked in the Vendor Advisories panel on this page.

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