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CVE-2026-97903: Linux 6.16
CVE-2026-97903. CVSS 3.1 base score 7.8 (HIGH, Source advisory). EPSS 0.00124 (percentile 0.01893), scored 17-Oct-2026.
Affected technology
Linux · 0a36bad01731e71568bdd365764d38b6bd576ab0 to before bcb0936862f2b653114d9bd582ca26990ef54a64, 0a36bad01731e71568bdd365764d38b6bd576ab0 to before 96803a12e8ac15f0a1b4b151db59038f12304e58, 0a36bad01731e71568bdd365764d38b6bd576ab0 to before cdd812d0683dee14ead02c9eded568685e61b23f
Linux
Linux · 6.16
Linux
Component: Not specified by the source
File: kernel/exit.c
Attack conditions (Source advisory, CVSS 3.1): Local · Low privileges required · No user interaction required
What an attacker can do
Source advisory’s CVSS 3.1 assessment (base score 7.8/10) rates confidentiality, integrity and availability impact as high. The description does not specify what an attacker can achieve beyond these rated impacts.
- CCR priority
- 31.2 /100 (P4)
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 /10 · CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H · Source advisory
- EPSS
- 0.00124 · percentile 0.01893 · 2026-10-17
- KEV
- no
Provenance
- NVD CVE API 2.0 · Source record · observed 2026-10-19 10:33:46.008150+00:00 UTC
Stable permalink: https://cybercodered.org/item/cve-cve-2026-97903.html