What is CVE-2026-97513?

CVE-2026-97513 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2026-09-24.

How severe is CVE-2026-97513?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Linux

CVE-2026-97513

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: chips-media: wave5: Release m2m_ctx after Instance Removed from List Possible use after free if IRQ thread manages to obtain spinlock between m2m_ctx release and wave5_release function removing stream instance from list of active instances. The IRQ thread looks for the m2m_ctx which is freed so null pointer dereference occurs.

Published 2026-09-24 · last modified 2026-09-25.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

No EPSS score from FIRST.org yet. New CVEs usually get one within a few days; no score means no signal yet, not low risk. How EPSS works.

Affected products

Linux

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-97513?: CVE-2026-97513 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2026-09-24.
How severe is CVE-2026-97513?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.