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CVE-2026-98157

Vulnerability intelligence

Published Sep 25, 2026Sources checked Nov 12, 2026
5.5MEDIUMCVSS out of 10
What this means

Review the available evidence

CVE-2026-98157 and is rated Medium severity with a CVSS score of 5.5. It is not in the current CISA KEV record we collected. That does not prove exploitation has not occurred.

What to do next

Remediation and response

Microsoft Security Response Center guidance

Vendor revision: Oct 21, 2026

Release Notes

Vendor-listed releases

  • 6.6.158.1-1
CISA KEVNot listedBased on the latest collected catalog
EPSS0.1%Estimated 30-day exploitation probability
Ransomware useNot markedCISA KEV ransomware field
Threat actors0Source-linked actor relationships
Overview

What is CVE-2026-98157?

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

EDAC/device_sysfs: Use kstrtouint() for poll_msec to prevent truncation

The poll_msec sysfs store file uses simple_strtoul() which accepts an unsigned long, but the target field (poll_msec) is unsigned int. On 64-bit systems, a value > UINT_MAX is silently truncated when stored.

Fix the mismatch by using kstrtouint() instead. This rejects values larger than UINT_MAX at parse time, making truncation impossible.

Also add a check for value < 1 to reject the 0-delay case, which would cause the poll work to spin without delay and consume 100% CPU.

Source: NVD