---
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: none
vendor: Linux
product: Linux
affected:
  - >-
    Linux >= 76f258bf3f2aae570209319944703a92ac64e29e <
    4e676279798148382497d0e38c0bd51115e64be1
  - >-
    Linux >= 76f258bf3f2aae570209319944703a92ac64e29e <
    72dd0ec09e7cc98ed58ddeac26575e5d1ab8a93d
  - Linux 6.12
published: '2026-09-25'
updated: '2026-09-25'
sourceUpdated: '2026-09-25T11:17:46.257'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-98147'
references:
  - 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
tags:
  - nvd
  - cve.org
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.