CVE-2026-98477 affecting package kernel 6.6.157.1-1

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  "id": "43d7753ed2663ac32aa671327c00e472ed291de74db4edb14e7b46b4d49e0acd",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/AZL-108794",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2026-98477 affecting package kernel 6.6.157.1-1",
    "summary": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: perf/core: Fix NULL pmu_ctx passed to pmu->sched_task() perf_pmu_sched_task() returns early when cpuctx->task_ctx is set, and cpc->task_epc is only non-NULL while a task context is scheduled in on this CPU. __perf_pmu_sched_task() therefore always passes NULL: Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 00 pc : armv8pmu_sched_task+0x14/0x50 Call trace: armv8pmu_sched_task+0x14/0x50 (P) perf_pmu_sched_task+0xac/0x108 __perf_event_task_sched_out+0x6c/0xe0 Pass &cpc->epc instead, the CPU-wide context for this PMU, which the function already dereferences a few lines up to find pmu. armv8pmu_sched_task() is the only in-tree implementation that dereferences the argument, and it only reads ->pmu, so the oops needs BRBE, added in v6.17.",
    "evidence": "osv:AZL-108794",
    "products": [
      {
        "name": {
          "value": "kernel",
          "evidence": "/affected/0/package/name"
        },
        "prerequisites": [],
        "fixed_versions": [],
        "affected_versions": []
      }
    ],
    "severity": "unknown",
    "structured": {
      "id": "AZL-108794",
      "aliases": [
        "AZL-108794"
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "type": "ECOSYSTEM",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "6.6.157.1-1"
                }
              ]
            }
          ],
          "package": {
            "name": "kernel",
            "purl": "pkg:rpm/azure-linux/kernel",
            "ecosystem": "Azure Linux:3"
          },
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData/blob/main/osv/AZL-108794.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-27T05:36:16Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "upstream": [
        "CVE-2026-98477"
      ],
      "references": [
        "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-98477"
      ]
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2026-98477",
        "evidence": "/upstream"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": null
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 460406,
  "published_at": "2026-10-18T16:16:58+00:00"
}