Published Oct 18, 2026Sources checked Oct 21, 2026
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Review the available evidence
CVE-2026-98834. 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 20, 2026
Release Notes
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
What is CVE-2026-98834?
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
mtd: core: avoid double-free of OTP NVMEM device
If factory OTP setup fails after the user OTP NVMEM device has been registered, mtd_otp_nvmem_add() unregisters the user device but leaves mtd->otp_user_nvmem set. On an error, the caller unregisters it again.
For -EOPNOTSUPP, registration continues and normal teardown unregisters it again.