CVE intelligence

CVE-2026-97969

Vulnerability intelligence

Published Sep 25, 2026Sources checked Nov 12, 2026

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Review the available evidence

CVE-2026-97969. It is not in the current CISA KEV record we collected. That does not prove exploitation has not occurred.

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Vendor revision: Oct 21, 2026

Release Notes

Vendor-listed releases

CISA KEVNot listedBased on the latest collected catalog

EPSS0.2%Estimated 30-day exploitation probability

Ransomware useNot markedCISA KEV ransomware field

Threat actors0Source-linked actor relationships

Overview

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

watchdog: msc313e: Fix clock leak and spurious timer in settimeout()

msc313e_wdt_settimeout() unconditionally calls msc313e_wdt_start() which introduces two severe bugs:

1. If the watchdog is already active, calling start() again will increase the reference count of the clock again.

However stop() is only called once, the reference count is unbalance. 2.

If the watchdog is stopped, calling settimeout() will start the hardware timer accidentally.

Factor out the register-writing logic into a helper function. Only call it in settimeout() if the watchdog is running.

Otherwise, simply update `wdev->timeout`.

Source: NVD