CVE-2026-98697
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USB: serial driver dynamic ID deregistration race condition

Publication date: 2026-10-18

Last updated on: 2026-10-18

Assigner: kernel.org

Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: USB: serial: fix dynamic id driver deregistration race Only free the dynamic ids after having deregistered the driver and removed the "new_id" attribute to avoid leaking any id added by a racing write to the attribute.

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Published
2026-10-18
Last Modified
2026-10-18
Generated
2026-10-18
EPSS Evaluated
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NVD
CVE-2026-98697
EUVD
EUVD-2026-103951

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Linux Linux 93bacefc4cc0b53e1cb6a336d43847154fdf6886
Linux Linux 93bacefc4cc0b53e1cb6a336d43847154fdf6886
Linux Linux 93bacefc4cc0b53e1cb6a336d43847154fdf6886
Linux Linux 93bacefc4cc0b53e1cb6a336d43847154fdf6886
Linux Linux 2.6.21

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CWE-UNKNOWN

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