CVE-2026-98164

MEDIUMNVD 5.55.5
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

“—” beside the score: it is equal to NVD's CVSS score.

Score 5.5 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2026-09-29. NVD baseline CVSS 5.5; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: EPSS, GitHub Security Advisory, NVD CVSS v3
Trending — 4 sources updated this week

Also known asEUVD-2026-88753 (ENISA EUVD) · GHSA-4wvx-xqjp-p7g6 (GitHub Security Advisories)Source: ENISA EUVD

5.5EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorRemediate within your standard update timelines (the SSVC decision on this page).
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0.2%CVSS: 5.5Exploit: None knownExposed services: Not assessed

A fix is available — apply it.

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

KVM: x86/mmu: Check write tracking in all address spaces

kvm_gfn_is_write_tracked() checks only the supplied memslot, but page tracking is per-address-space and shadow pages are shared across all address spaces. With SMM, a GFN can therefore be write-tracked in one address space and appear untracked through the other.

Check the supplied slot first, then the slot for the other address space. This ensures all callers honor write tracking regardless of the active address space. In particular, it prevents mmu_try_to_unsync_pages() from marking an upper-level shadow page unsync and eventually triggering the BUG in pte_list_remove().

[invert direction of the conditional. - Paolo]

CVSS v3
5.5
EG Score
5.5MEDIUMmedium confidence
EG Risk
25
EG Risk 25/100

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score. It fuses impact severity (EG Severity, the CVSS base score, never the KEV-floored or EPSS-lifted EG Score) with real-world exploitation and automatability, under weights EchelonGraph set by hand, so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner.

How it’s computed (value × EchelonGraph’s weight)
Severity55% × 45%
Impact severity (EG Severity): CVSS 5.5 of 10. Never the KEV-floored or EPSS-lifted EG Score.
Exploitation0.1% × 40%
FIRST EPSS: the 30-day exploitation probability when EchelonGraph scored this CVE.
Automatability0% × 15%
CISA's BOD 26-04 default: no one has published Automatable for this CVE, and CISA treats it as “no” for a CVE not in KEV.
SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph): Track at low or medium mission impact; Track* at high (mission-essential systems).
Exploitation none (no CISA value, KEV listing or exploit code on record) · Automatable no (CISA's BOD 26-04 default) · Technical impact total (CISA's BOD 26-04 default). EchelonGraph holds no SSVC assessment of this CVE from CISA: none of these inputs is from Vulnrichment. EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE.
Action: A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines.
EPSS PROB
0.2%
EPSS %ILE
4th
KEV
Not listed

What the EG score is made of (scorer v4.0: the three questions the 0–10 score mixes, published apart · methodology)

The EG score (5.5): severity, escalated by confirmed exploitation. This CVE's 5.5 is its impact severity (EG Severity), not escalated.

EG Severity
5.5 MEDIUMCVSS-B, impact only: no KEV listing, EPSS or EG-KEV tier raises it.GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
EG Likelihood
0.2% within 30 daysSource: FIRST EPSS (model v2026.06.15, score date 2026-10-28). FIRST's exploitation probability, not an EchelonGraph model.
Confirmed exploitation
None on record (CISA KEV, EG-KEV Tier 1)Reported apart from the likelihood: an observed fact, not a probability.
EG Priority
SSVC Track at medium mission impactTrack at low or medium mission impact; Track* at high (mission-essential systems).CISA BOD 26-04: 14 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; Fix on system upgrade if it is not.Each input and its source, and whom BOD 26-04 binds: the SSVC and BOD 26-04 blocks below.

SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph)Track at low or medium mission impact; Track* at high (mission-essential systems).

A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines.

Exploitation none (no CISA value, KEV listing or exploit code on record) · Automatable no (CISA's BOD 26-04 default) · Technical impact total (CISA's BOD 26-04 default). EchelonGraph holds no SSVC assessment of this CVE from CISA: none of these inputs is from Vulnrichment. EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE. Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it. CISA's table makes it high when Mission Prevalence is Essential — the vulnerable component "directly provides capabilities that constitute at least one MEF for at least one entity" (MEF: mission essential function) — or when Public Well-Being Impact is Irreversible: "multiple fatalities are likely", the cyber-physical system "is likely lost or destroyed", "extreme or serious externalities" are imposed on other parties, or social systems such as elections or the financial grid "are destabilized and potentially collapse". CISA's decision table

BOD 26-04 (CISA's remediation timeline, Table 1)14 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; Fix on system upgrade if it is not.

The score's inputs: In CISA KEV no (CISA's KEV catalog) · Automatable no (CISA's BOD 26-04 default) · Technical impact total (CISA's BOD 26-04 default). Where an input reads “CISA's BOD 26-04 default”, no one has published it for this CVE, and CISA's implementation guidance says: “If “Automatable” and “Technical Impact” information items about a CVE ID are not available and the CVE ID is not in the KEV Catalog, CISA will treat its values as “no” and “total,” respectively, until CISA or a third party provides metadata about the CVE ID. CISA will always provide the Vulnrichment data for a CVE ID listed in the KEV Catalog.” Whether your system is publicly exposed is yours to answer. BOD 26-04 binds US Federal Civilian Executive Branch agencies; for anyone else it is CISA's published timeline, a reference rather than an obligation. The directive · how EchelonGraph applies it

Published

September 29, 2026

Last Modified

October 7, 2026

Advisory Details (6)

Auto-updated Oct 2, 2026
Patch available.
Web page

KVM: x86/mmu: Check write tracking in all address spaces - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ec8fcaf354c1cbb36755d48e9f5a00c9591349e5
Web page

KVM: x86/mmu: Check write tracking in all address spaces - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d8636c8f9f95d0fd1e2f6f1cad0d5757aa6f212a
Web page

KVM: x86/mmu: Check write tracking in all address spaces - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c0a9bd5fca0b5f2dea32b0fc31350e71e8648112
Web page

KVM: x86/mmu: Check write tracking in all address spaces - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/429b6f43b4d8c98988fdca99e02dc156134e3d77
Web page

KVM: x86/mmu: Check write tracking in all address spaces - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0f38453cdb2e17566ccb7c0f3dabd5bd21caca26
Web page

KVM: x86/mmu: Check write tracking in all address spaces - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/09aa68552d2542cc6c23edd1568ac265dc5d886f

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-98164(2)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Affected Packages

(4 across 3 ecosystems)
Debian:12(2)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
linux6.1.106-1 ... 6.1.99-1 (56 versions)
  • every version up to 6.1.187-1: fixed in 6.1.187-1
—
linux-6.126.12.100-1~deb12u1, 6.12.101-1~deb12u1, 6.12.107-1~deb12u1
  • every version up to 6.12.111-1~deb12u1: fixed in 6.12.111-1~deb12u1
—
Debian:13(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
linux6.12.100-1 ... 6.12.96-1 (35 versions)
  • every version up to 6.12.111-1: fixed in 6.12.111-1
—
Debian:14(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
linux6.12.100-1 ... 7.1~rc7-1~exp1 (172 versions)
  • every version up to 7.1.13-1: fixed in 7.1.13-1
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Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 10× in last 7d / 68× in last 30d)

Each row is a time one of our pipelines fetched, updated or re-scored this CVE. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. An arrow marks a change the record states ("CVSS v3 → 9.1"); EPSS and GHSA rows show the values recorded at that time, not what changed (EPSS values are rounded; hover one for the exact figures). Most recent first.

  1. 2026-11-02 16:46 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.2% · 4th percentile
  2. 2026-11-01 16:36 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.2% · 4th percentile
  3. 2026-10-31 16:33 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.2% · 4th percentile
  4. 2026-10-30 16:35 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.2% · 4th percentile
  5. 2026-10-29 16:34 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.2% · 4th percentile
  6. 2026-10-29 15:36 UTCEG score recompute
  7. 2026-10-29 15:36 UTCVendor advisory
  8. 2026-10-29 15:36 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-4wvx-xqjp-p7g6 · GitHub CVSS 5.5
  9. 2026-10-28 16:33 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.2% · 4th percentile
  10. 2026-10-27 16:33 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.2% · 4th percentile
  11. 2026-10-26 16:33 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.2% · 4th percentile
  12. 2026-10-25 16:34 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.2% · 4th percentile
  13. 2026-10-25 13:47 UTCEG score recompute
  14. 2026-10-24 16:34 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.1% · 3rd percentile
  15. 2026-10-23 16:33 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.1% · 3rd percentile
  16. 2026-10-22 16:35 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.1% · 3rd percentile
  17. 2026-10-22 12:00 UTCEG score recompute
  18. 2026-10-22 11:59 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-4wvx-xqjp-p7g6 · GitHub CVSS 5.5
  19. 2026-10-21 16:34 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.1% · 3rd percentile
  20. 2026-10-20 16:34 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.1% · 3rd percentile
  21. 2026-10-19 16:33 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.1% · 3rd percentile
  22. 2026-10-18 16:33 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.1% · 3rd percentile
  23. 2026-10-18 02:56 UTCEG score recompute
  24. 2026-10-17 16:35 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.1% · 3rd percentile
  25. 2026-10-16 16:45 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.1% · 3rd percentile
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  1. 2026-10-15 16:33 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.1% · 3rd percentile
  2. 2026-10-14 16:34 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.1% · 3rd percentile
  3. 2026-10-13 16:35 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.1% · 3rd percentile
  4. 2026-10-12 14:38 UTCEG score recompute
  5. 2026-10-11 22:58 UTCVendor advisory
  6. 2026-10-11 22:57 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-4wvx-xqjp-p7g6 · GitHub CVSS 5.5
  7. 2026-10-11 19:10 UTCEG score recompute
  8. 2026-10-11 16:25 UTCEG score recompute
  9. 2026-10-11 13:50 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.1% · 3rd percentile
  10. 2026-10-11 13:37 UTCEG score recompute
  11. 2026-10-11 00:39 UTCEG score recompute
  12. 2026-10-11 00:39 UTCVendor advisory
  13. 2026-10-11 00:39 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-4wvx-xqjp-p7g6 · GitHub CVSS 5.5
  14. 2026-10-10 20:00 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.1% · 3rd percentile
  15. 2026-10-10 02:22 UTCEG score recompute
  16. 2026-10-10 02:22 UTCVendor advisory
  17. 2026-10-10 02:22 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-4wvx-xqjp-p7g6 · GitHub CVSS 5.5
  18. 2026-10-09 20:08 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.1% · 3rd percentile
  19. 2026-10-09 04:05 UTCVendor advisory
  20. 2026-10-09 04:05 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-4wvx-xqjp-p7g6 · GitHub CVSS 5.5
  21. 2026-10-08 05:46 UTCEG score recompute
  22. 2026-10-08 05:46 UTCVendor advisory
  23. 2026-10-08 05:46 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-4wvx-xqjp-p7g6 · GitHub CVSS 5.5
  24. 2026-10-07 23:48 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.1% · 3rd percentile
  25. 2026-10-07 07:30 UTCVendor advisory
  26. 2026-10-07 07:30 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-4wvx-xqjp-p7g6 · GitHub CVSS 5.5
  27. 2026-10-07 06:59 UTCEG score recompute
  28. 2026-10-07 06:59 UTCVendor advisory
  29. 2026-10-07 06:59 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-4wvx-xqjp-p7g6 · GitHub CVSS 5.5
  30. 2026-10-06 15:19 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.1% · 3rd percentile
  31. 2026-10-06 14:27 UTCEG score recompute
  32. 2026-10-06 14:27 UTCVendor advisory
  33. 2026-10-06 14:27 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-4wvx-xqjp-p7g6 · GitHub CVSS 5.5
  34. 2026-10-05 17:44 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.1% · 3rd percentile
  35. 2026-10-05 16:11 UTCEG score recompute
  36. 2026-10-05 16:11 UTCVendor advisory
  37. 2026-10-05 16:11 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-4wvx-xqjp-p7g6 · GitHub CVSS 5.5
  38. 2026-10-04 23:23 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.1% · 3rd percentile
  39. 2026-10-04 17:51 UTCVendor advisory
  40. 2026-10-04 17:50 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-4wvx-xqjp-p7g6 · GitHub CVSS 5.5
  41. 2026-10-03 19:32 UTCEG score recompute
  42. 2026-10-03 19:32 UTCVendor advisory
  43. 2026-10-03 19:32 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-4wvx-xqjp-p7g6 · GitHub CVSS 5.5
  44. 2026-10-03 14:26 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.1% · 3rd percentile
  45. 2026-10-02 21:16 UTCEG score recomputeFirst assessed: 5.5 MEDIUM
  46. 2026-10-02 21:16 UTCVendor advisory
  47. 2026-10-02 21:16 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-4wvx-xqjp-p7g6
  48. 2026-10-02 21:14 UTCNVD updateCVSS v3 → 5.5 · severity → MEDIUM
  49. 2026-10-02 17:57 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.2% · 7th percentile
  50. 2026-10-01 19:51 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.2% · 7th percentile
  51. 2026-09-30 15:04 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.2% · 7th percentile
  52. 2026-09-30 14:31 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-4wvx-xqjp-p7g6
  53. 2026-09-29 13:35 UTCNVD update
  54. 2026-09-29 12:24 UTCEG score recompute
  55. 2026-09-29 12:23 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-98164?
CVE-2026-98164 is a medium-severity vulnerability; its CVE record was published on September 29, 2026. In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: KVM: x86/mmu: Check write tracking in all address spaces kvm_gfn_is_write_tracked() checks only the supplied memslot, but page tracking is per-address-space and shadow pages are shared across all address spaces. With SMM, a GFN can…
When was the CVE record for CVE-2026-98164 published?
The CVE record for CVE-2026-98164 was published on September 29, 2026. That is the record's publication date; the vulnerability itself may have been made public earlier. EchelonGraph's copy of the record carries a last-modified date of October 7, 2026; the record at its source may have been updated since.
Is CVE-2026-98164 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-98164 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (4th percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs).
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-98164?
CVE-2026-98164 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.5 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-98164?
A fix for CVE-2026-98164 is available: update to the fixed version the vendor names in its advisory. The vendor advisories EchelonGraph has for CVE-2026-98164 are linked in the Vendor Advisories panel on this page.

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