CVE-2026-98147 in Linux

Summary

by MITRE • 09/25/2026

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.

Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

• Responsible: Linux
• Reservation: 09/25/2026
• Disclosure: 09/25/2026
• Moderation: accepted
• Entry: VDB-409990
• CPE: ready
• CWE: CWE-754 (confirmed)
• CVSS: 6.5 (VulDB)
• EPSS: 0.00000
• KEV: no
• Activities: very low
• Sector: Police, Pharma, ...

Sources

• MITRE: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-98147
• NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-98147
• CVE Details: https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2026-98147/