Improper Check or Handling of Exceptional Conditions in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-98147
Published: September 28, 2026
Vulnerability identifier: #VU152287
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 0 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-98147
CWE-ID: CWE-703
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a local user to trigger a kernel warning.
The vulnerability exists due to improper handling of an exceptional condition in printk kernel-thread creation when kthread_run() fails after __kthread_create_on_node() returns -EINTR following SIGKILL. A local user can cause kthread_run() to fail to trigger a kernel warning.
Affected software
Linux kernel
How to mitigate CVE-2026-98147
Install security update from vendor's repository.
Linux kernel - update to 7.0 rc3