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printk: Don't WARN on kthread_run failure.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: printk: Don't WARN on kthread_run failure. Since __kthread_create_on_node() returns -EINTR upon SIGKILL, we should not use WARN_ON() in order to catch kthread_run() failure.
Announced Group revision 1
Original source ↗CVE-2026-98147
Primary source · Revision 1
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Security context
Source reference: cve:CVE-2026-98147
Linux
Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/0/product
- Affected versions
- Not stated in this record
- Fixed versions
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- Prerequisites
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Linux
Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/1/product
- Affected versions
- Not stated in this record
- Fixed versions
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- Prerequisites
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Structured affected-version data
Original package identities and version rules from this source.
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{
"repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
"vendor": "Linux",
"product": "Linux",
"versions": [
{
"status": "affected",
"version": "76f258bf3f2aae570209319944703a92ac64e29e",
"lessThan": "15ba35d632c38d879d182577b0af487de0f2dec4",
"versionType": "git"
},
{
"status": "affected",
"version": "76f258bf3f2aae570209319944703a92ac64e29e",
"lessThan": "0af43b52fe4b1751b731c067127fdf47cf1b700c",
"versionType": "git"
},
{
"status": "affected",
"version": "76f258bf3f2aae570209319944703a92ac64e29e",
"lessThan": "4e676279798148382497d0e38c0bd51115e64be1",
"versionType": "git"
},
{
"status": "affected",
"version": "76f258bf3f2aae570209319944703a92ac64e29e",
"lessThan": "72dd0ec09e7cc98ed58ddeac26575e5d1ab8a93d",
"versionType": "git"
}
],
"programFiles": [
"kernel/printk/nbcon.c",
"kernel/printk/printk.c"
],
"defaultStatus": "unaffected"
},
{
"repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
"vendor": "Linux",
"product": "Linux",
"versions": [
{
"status": "affected",
"version": "6.12"
},
{
"status": "unaffected",
"version": "0",
"lessThan": "6.12",
"versionType": "semver"
},
{
"status": "unaffected",
"version": "6.12.114",
"versionType": "semver",
"lessThanOrEqual": "6.12.*"
},
{
"status": "unaffected",
"version": "6.18.57",
"versionType": "semver",
"lessThanOrEqual": "6.18.*"
},
{
"status": "unaffected",
"version": "7.2.7",
"versionType": "semver",
"lessThanOrEqual": "7.2.*"
},
{
"status": "unaffected",
"version": "7.3",
"versionType": "original_commit_for_fix",
"lessThanOrEqual": "*"
}
],
"programFiles": [
"kernel/printk/nbcon.c",
"kernel/printk/printk.c"
],
"defaultStatus": "affected"
}
]- Related CVEs
- CVE-2026-98147
Source reference:
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- Event
- #48860 · Revision 1
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