{"cve":"CVE-2026-98018","nvd":{"published":"2026-09-25T11:17:30.257","modified":"2026-10-19T10:17:55.673","status":"Received","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnet: mctp: i3c: serialize probe with bus removal\n\nmctp_i3c_probe() drops busdevs_lock after finding the matching bus. A\nconcurrent I3C_NOTIFY_BUS_REMOVE can then unregister and free the bus\nnetdev before probe passes its private data to mctp_i3c_add_device().\nThe latter consequently adds a list node through a freed mbus pointer.\n\nKeep busdevs_lock held until the device has been added. This also\nsatisfies the __must_hold annotation on mctp_i3c_add_device().","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":[],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2b4707a149a55e8fa75c9ef32b359d60f470a566","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/765c5e357e67916a7aac8ead4ac2fa7d2bffe000","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/906d8dbafabfa81a30e3ade420cb9912f223a5e1","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e6541b2747682fdb2c6ded4a7cf7c39c4067a35c"],"products":[],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:56:02.509636177+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2026-98018","score":0.00168,"percentile":0.05968,"date":"2026-10-25"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}