CVE-2026-98404
N/AIn the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/virtio: Fix a NULL vs ERR_PTR() bug in virtio_gpu_user_framebuffer_create() Smatch complains that returning a NULL here will lead to a NULL pointer dereference in drm_mode_addfb2(). Return an error pointer instead.
No known exploitation, public exploit, or elevated probability at this time. Track for changes.
Exploitation likelihood
0.2%chance of exploitation in 30 days · 11th percentile
Impact if exploited
—CVSS · not scored
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kernel as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 · known affected
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pkg:rpm/redhat/kernel
- workaround: Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options do not meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base, or stability.
- none available: Fix deferred
kernel-core as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 · known affected
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pkg:rpm/redhat/kernel-core
- workaround: Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options do not meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base, or stability.
- none available: Fix deferred
kernel-modules-extra-matched as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 · known affected
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pkg:rpm/redhat/kernel-modules-extra-matched
- workaround: Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options do not meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base, or stability.
- none available: Fix deferred
kernel-rt-debug as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 · known affected
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pkg:rpm/redhat/kernel-rt-debug
- workaround: Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options do not meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base, or stability.
- none available: Fix deferred
kernel-uki-virt as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 · known affected
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pkg:rpm/redhat/kernel-uki-virt
- workaround: Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options do not meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base, or stability.
- none available: Fix deferred
kernel as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 · known affected
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pkg:rpm/redhat/kernel
- workaround: Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options do not meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base, or stability.
- none available: Fix deferred
kernel-modules-extra as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 · known affected
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pkg:rpm/redhat/kernel-modules-extra
- workaround: Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options do not meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base, or stability.
- none available: Fix deferred
kernel-rt-modules-internal as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 · known affected
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pkg:rpm/redhat/kernel-rt-modules-internal
- workaround: Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options do not meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base, or stability.
- none available: Fix deferred
bpftool as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 · known affected
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pkg:rpm/redhat/bpftool
- workaround: Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options do not meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base, or stability.
- none available: Fix deferred
kernel-64k-modules as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 · known affected
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pkg:rpm/redhat/kernel-64k-modules
- workaround: Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options do not meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base, or stability.
- none available: Fix deferred
kernel-debug-modules-partner as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 · known affected
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pkg:rpm/redhat/kernel-debug-modules-partner
- workaround: Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options do not meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base, or stability.
- none available: Fix deferred
kernel-rt-64k-debug as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 · known affected
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pkg:rpm/redhat/kernel-rt-64k-debug
- workaround: Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options do not meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base, or stability.
- none available: Fix deferred
kernel-rt-64k-modules-extra as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 · known affected
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pkg:rpm/redhat/kernel-rt-64k-modules-extra
- workaround: Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options do not meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base, or stability.
- none available: Fix deferred
kernel-rt-kvm as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 · known affected
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pkg:rpm/redhat/kernel-rt-kvm
- workaround: Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options do not meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base, or stability.
- none available: Fix deferred
kernel-zfcpdump-core as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 · known affected
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pkg:rpm/redhat/kernel-zfcpdump-core
- workaround: Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options do not meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base, or stability.
- none available: Fix deferred
openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-9 as a component of Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 · known affected
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pkg:oci/ose-rhel-coreos-9?repository_url=registry.redhat.io/openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-9
- workaround: Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options do not meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base, or stability.
- none available: Fix deferred
kernel as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 · known not affected
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Reason: vulnerable code not present
pkg:rpm/redhat/kernel
Red Hat · CVE-2026-98404 · Updated 2026-10-18T08:33:29+00:00kernel-debug as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 · known not affected
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Reason: vulnerable code not present
pkg:rpm/redhat/kernel-debug
Red Hat · CVE-2026-98404 · Updated 2026-10-18T08:33:29+00:00kernel-devel as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 · known not affected
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Reason: vulnerable code not present
pkg:rpm/redhat/kernel-devel
Red Hat · CVE-2026-98404 · Updated 2026-10-18T08:33:29+00:00kernel-headers as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 · known not affected
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Reason: vulnerable code not present
pkg:rpm/redhat/kernel-headers
Red Hat · CVE-2026-98404 · Updated 2026-10-18T08:33:29+00:00kernel.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 · known not affected
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Reason: vulnerable code not present
pkg:rpm/redhat/kernel?arch=src
Red Hat · CVE-2026-98404 · Updated 2026-10-18T08:33:29+00:00bpftool as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 · known not affected
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Reason: vulnerable code not present
pkg:rpm/redhat/bpftool
Red Hat · CVE-2026-98404 · Updated 2026-10-18T08:33:29+00:00kernel-abi-whitelists as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 · known not affected
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Reason: vulnerable code not present
pkg:rpm/redhat/kernel-abi-whitelists
Red Hat · CVE-2026-98404 · Updated 2026-10-18T08:33:29+00:00kernel-debug-devel as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 · known not affected
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Reason: vulnerable code not present
pkg:rpm/redhat/kernel-debug-devel
Red Hat · CVE-2026-98404 · Updated 2026-10-18T08:33:29+00:00kernel-headers as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 · known not affected
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Reason: vulnerable code not present
pkg:rpm/redhat/kernel-headers
Red Hat · CVE-2026-98404 · Updated 2026-10-18T08:33:29+00:00kernel-rt as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 · known not affected
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Reason: vulnerable code not present
pkg:rpm/redhat/kernel-rt
Red Hat · CVE-2026-98404 · Updated 2026-10-18T08:33:29+00:00kernel-rt-debug-devel as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 · known not affected
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Reason: vulnerable code not present
pkg:rpm/redhat/kernel-rt-debug-devel
Red Hat · CVE-2026-98404 · Updated 2026-10-18T08:33:29+00:00kernel-rt-doc as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 · known not affected
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Reason: vulnerable code not present
pkg:rpm/redhat/kernel-rt-doc
Red Hat · CVE-2026-98404 · Updated 2026-10-18T08:33:29+00:00kernel-rt-trace-devel as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 · known not affected
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Reason: vulnerable code not present
pkg:rpm/redhat/kernel-rt-trace-devel
Red Hat · CVE-2026-98404 · Updated 2026-10-18T08:33:29+00:00kernel-tools as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 · known not affected
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Reason: vulnerable code not present
pkg:rpm/redhat/kernel-tools
Red Hat · CVE-2026-98404 · Updated 2026-10-18T08:33:29+00:00kernel-tools-libs-devel as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 · known not affected
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Reason: vulnerable code not present
pkg:rpm/redhat/kernel-tools-libs-devel
Red Hat · CVE-2026-98404 · Updated 2026-10-18T08:33:29+00:00python-perf as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 · known not affected
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Reason: vulnerable code not present
pkg:rpm/redhat/python-perf
Red Hat · CVE-2026-98404 · Updated 2026-10-18T08:33:29+00:00
References
Advisories
- https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-98404.json Red Hat · CVE-2026-98404 · Updated 2026-10-18T08:33:29+00:00
- https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2026-101053 EUVD · EUVD-2026-101053
Technical & other
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/975f3cf302bb7d7336df4c630a7c07e12780ad10CVE record · Linux · Updated 2026-10-19T09:18:57.630Z
NVD · CVE-2026-98404 · Updated 2026-10-19T10:18:45.360 - https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/07de0b31dd64094cd7d25729beaf2ecae74daa72CVE record · Linux · Updated 2026-10-19T09:18:57.630Z
NVD · CVE-2026-98404 · Updated 2026-10-19T10:18:45.360 - https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5eda6cda0031ba17559d56882353be39e568ec09CVE record · Linux · Updated 2026-10-19T09:18:57.630Z
NVD · CVE-2026-98404 · Updated 2026-10-19T10:18:45.360 - https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3fe8a33715265ecb24ca0bcd0a575c926da4277cCVE record · Linux · Updated 2026-10-19T09:18:57.630Z
NVD · CVE-2026-98404 · Updated 2026-10-19T10:18:45.360 - https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/974845d2535a250b180e62f9ed50284f312c01a3CVE record · Linux · Updated 2026-10-19T09:18:57.630Z
NVD · CVE-2026-98404 · Updated 2026-10-19T10:18:45.360 - https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/45dc2788a5b0e1e2824d1f98af521bd3acc340d7CVE record · Linux · Updated 2026-10-19T09:18:57.630Z
NVD · CVE-2026-98404 · Updated 2026-10-19T10:18:45.360 - https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f1050a7d365283678b253828739d3866ae546a72CVE record · Linux · Updated 2026-10-19T09:18:57.630Z
NVD · CVE-2026-98404 · Updated 2026-10-19T10:18:45.360 - https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/94579f24e2b526a04eb41050af0ba018c6f528e7CVE record · Linux · Updated 2026-10-19T09:18:57.630Z
NVD · CVE-2026-98404 · Updated 2026-10-19T10:18:45.360 - https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-98404 Red Hat · CVE-2026-98404 · Updated 2026-10-18T08:33:29+00:00
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2552228 Red Hat · CVE-2026-98404 · Updated 2026-10-18T08:33:29+00:00
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-98404 Red Hat · CVE-2026-98404 · Updated 2026-10-18T08:33:29+00:00
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-98404 Red Hat · CVE-2026-98404 · Updated 2026-10-18T08:33:29+00:00
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/security/vulns.git/plain/cve/published/2026/CVE-2026-98404.mbox Red Hat · CVE-2026-98404 · Updated 2026-10-18T08:33:29+00:00