{"answers":{"affected":"","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-98712 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"Apply the vendor's patch.","what":"CVE-2026-98712 is an use after free vulnerability in Linux, published on 18 Oct 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2026-98712 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2026-98712 is an use after free vulnerability in Linux, published on 18 Oct 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-98712 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: Linux. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-98712/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-98712/index.md)","id":"CVE-2026-98712","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-98712/index.md","name":"CVE-2026-98712","record":{"aliases":["DEBIAN-CVE-2026-98712","GHSA-fqwg-6qxx-rx2q","UBUNTU-CVE-2026-98712"],"analysis":{"component_type":"kernel","fix_type":"patch","impacts":["privilege_escalation","denial_of_service"],"network_reachable":"adjacent_or_local","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"Linux kernel KVM","requires_auth":"low_privilege","summary":"A use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel's KVM arm64 VGIC allows local attackers to cause denial of service or escalate privileges.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"use_after_free"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"Linux","cpe":[],"cvss":{"score":null,"severity":null,"source":null,"vector":null,"version":null},"cwes":[],"description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nKVM: arm64: vgic: Take a refcount on IRQs referenced by last_lr_irq\n\nReferencing the last interrupt inserted in an LR is rather fragile, as\nthis interrupt can vanish if a concurrently unmapped LPI.\n\nSolve this by bumping up the refcount on the interrupt when populating\nlast_lr_irq, and drop it at vgic_prune_ap_list() time, when LPIs are\nbeing reclaimed.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":true,"headline":"KVM: arm64: vgic: Take a refcount on IRQs referenced by last_lr_irq","id":"CVE-2026-98712","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"use_after_free","year":"2026"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":2,"next":{"headline":"KVM: arm64: Apply the fine-grained UNDEFs without FEAT_FGT","id":"CVE-2026-98713"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"wifi: cw1200: fix TX padding OOB read leaking heap data to device","id":"CVE-2026-98711"},"products":["Linux"],"published":"2026-10-18","related":[],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":null,"exploitation":null,"technical_impact":null},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2026-10-19","vendors":["Linux"]},"summary":"A use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel's KVM arm64 VGIC allows local attackers to cause denial of service or escalate privileges.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-98712/"}