---
id: CVE-2026-98147
title: |-
  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() fa…
summary: |-
  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() fa…
severity: medium
cvss: 5.5
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'
cwe:
  - CWE-617
vendor: Linux
product: Linux
affected:
  - >-
    Linux >= 76f258bf3f2aae570209319944703a92ac64e29e <
    4e676279798148382497d0e38c0bd51115e64be1
  - >-
    Linux >= 76f258bf3f2aae570209319944703a92ac64e29e <
    72dd0ec09e7cc98ed58ddeac26575e5d1ab8a93d
  - Linux 6.12
published: '2026-09-25'
updated: '2026-10-15'
sourceUpdated: '2026-10-15T11:18:11.917'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-98147'
references:
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0af43b52fe4b1751b731c067127fdf47cf1b700c'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4e676279798148382497d0e38c0bd51115e64be1'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/72dd0ec09e7cc98ed58ddeac26575e5d1ab8a93d'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: >-
      https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-98147.json
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-98147'
  - url: 'https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2541358'
  - url: 'https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-98147'
  - url: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-98147'
  - url: >-
      https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/security/vulns.git/plain/cve/published/2026/CVE-2026-98147.mbox
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/15ba35d632c38d879d182577b0af487de0f2dec4'
tags:
  - nvd
  - cve.org
  - csaf
  - vex
  - red-hat
epss: 0.00156
epssPercentile: 0.04713
cvssSource: vendor
ingestedAt: '2026-09-25T11:06:38.807Z'
---

## Overview

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.

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.

## Vendor advisories

- **Red Hat VEX** · Low · affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 · no fix planned: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 · updated 2026-10-17 · [vex](https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-98147.json)