Answer in brief
CVE-2026-98002 records a High severity (CVSS 7.8) vulnerability in iommu/amd: Fix ineffective error check in nested domain allocation. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. The current feed maps Linux/Linux (generic), Linux/Linux (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
Analysis pending evidence review
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CVSS is 7.8. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. Treat this as a source-backed prioritization signal, not a statement about your environment.
Analysis status
Analysis pending evidence review
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The current feed maps Linux/Linux (generic), Linux/Linux (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
| Package | Affected range | Fixed version |
|---|---|---|
| Linux/Linuxgeneric | >=757d2b1fdf5b7d6eead5963a49b5780617987ab8 <80c231f5577229d1e90a1e312b3095f9502f8625 || >=757d2b1fdf5b7d6eead5963a49b5780617987ab8 <fa5c0827f0b7bac6d0a188f10118151769ae68fd | 80c231f5577229d1e90a1e312b3095f9502f8625, fa5c0827f0b7bac6d0a188f10118151769ae68fd |
| Linux/Linuxgeneric | 7.0 | Not reported |
Published upstream
Sep 25, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordSource modified
Sep 25, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordFirst seen by HOL
Sep 25, 2026
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: iommu/amd: Fix ineffective error check in nested domain allocation amd_iommu_pdom_id_alloc() returns an int: a domain ID on success, or the negative errno from ida_alloc_range() when the ID space is exhausted or memory is short. amd_iommu_alloc_domain_nested() stores that return value in gdom_info->hdom_id, which is a u32, and only then tests it: gdom_info->hdom_id = amd_iommu_pdom_id_alloc(); if (gdom_info->hdom_id <= 0) { The assignment discards the sign, so -ENOSPC becomes 0xffffffe4 and the test never fires. The nested domain is then set up with a host domain ID that was never allocated, instead of the allocation failing with -ENOSPC. Keep the value in an int, test it there, and store it only once it is known to be valid, which is what the other amd_iommu_pdom_id_alloc() callers already do.
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