CVE-2026-98147
MEDIUM severity · CVSS 5.5 · CWE-617
5.5CVSS MEDIUM
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: printk: Don't WARN on kthread_run failure. Since __kthread_create_on_node() returns -EINTR upon SIGKILL, we should not use WARN_ON() in order to catch kthread_run() failure.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorLocal
Attack complexityLow
Privileges requiredLow
User interactionNone
Confidentiality impactNone
Integrity impactNone
Availability impactHigh
Exploit probability (EPSS)0%
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix in your normal patch cycle. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Official patch: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0af43b52fe4b1751b731c067127fdf47cf1b700c ↗
Additional information
- NVD record
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0af43b52fe4b1751b731c067127fdf47cf1b700cPatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/15ba35d632c38d879d182577b0af487de0f2dec4Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4e676279798148382497d0e38c0bd51115e64be1Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/72dd0ec09e7cc98ed58ddeac26575e5d1ab8a93dPatch