CVE-2026-98697 json
USB: serial: fix dynamic id driver deregistration race
published 24d ago modified 12d ago also EUVD-2026-103951
- cvss
- —
- not scored
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.2%
- EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 7%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
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.
Patch / fix
- Linux Linux 7.3
- linux Debian 13 6.12.113-1
- linux Debian 14 7.2.10-1
- linux-6.12 Debian 12 6.12.113-1~deb12u1
debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2026-98697
- linux Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.8.0-149.149
- linux Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 7.0.0-43.43
- linux-aws Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.8.0-1069.74
- linux-aws Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 7.0.0-1017.18
- linux-gcp Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.8.0-1073.81
- linux-gcp Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 7.0.0-1017.19
- linux-gke Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.8.0-1068.77
- linux-gke Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 7.0.0-1010.11
ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2026-98697
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- kernel-source Linux Micro 6.0 6.4.0-159998.55.1
- kernel-default Linux Micro 6.0 6.4.0-159998.55.1
- kernel-kvmsmall Linux Micro 6.0 6.4.0-159998.55.1
- kernel-default-base Linux Micro 6.0 6.4.0-159998.55.1.159998.21.42
- kernel-64kb SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP7 6.4.0-150700.53.90.1
- kernel-syms SLE Module for Development Tools 15 SP7 6.4.0-150700.53.90.1
- kernel-azure SLE Module for Public Cloud 15 SP7 6.4.0-150700.53.90.1
- kernel-source SLE Module for Development Tools 15 SP7, SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP7 6.4.0-150700.53.90.1
suse advisories SUSE-SU-2026:24550-1SUSE-SU-2026:5091-1
- kernel Azure Linux 3.0 6.6.161.1-1
azure linux advisories AZL-109154
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- git.kernel.org/stable/c/e8dd520070e1d89ab2fabdd514dd2b4024fabc1f commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/025e149e471bfa07622b8b77050facfc9b7704b4 commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/5f83c41fac8f4048f2ded4ffdd74907888a3bb91 commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/29172161236154f362e35694864cacbdeb07d060 commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/ebd8fcaaacb66c15ae7e19d14619abe3762e0701 commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/4d6da6867b4ac6468d634a0dd3c35dfc0dc8af81 commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/380f57cd58e26e0f3687451196ec446c473c52d9 commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/63594e8ffe097bc0b7639936f33799a7653dded2 commit
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What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.
red hat product security vex CVE-2026-98697 updated cvss 1.9
kernel: USB: serial: fix dynamic id driver deregistration race
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 perf, kernel, python-perf, kernel-kdump, kernel-firmware, kernel-bootwrapper, +1 moreaffected: no fix planned “Out of support scope”
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, python-perf, kernel-kdump, +8 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, kernel-core, kernel-tools, +29 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 rv, perf, rtla, kernel, bpftool, libperf, +83 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 kernel Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-8, openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-9 Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 5 openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-9affected: no fix available “Fix deferred”
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Exploit prediction
0.18% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 7% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-11).
Affected products
- Linux Linux
Classification
- Technology feeds
References
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/e8dd520070e1d89ab2fabdd514dd2b4024fabc1f
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/025e149e471bfa07622b8b77050facfc9b7704b4
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/5f83c41fac8f4048f2ded4ffdd74907888a3bb91
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/29172161236154f362e35694864cacbdeb07d060
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/ebd8fcaaacb66c15ae7e19d14619abe3762e0701
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/4d6da6867b4ac6468d634a0dd3c35dfc0dc8af81
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/380f57cd58e26e0f3687451196ec446c473c52d9
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/63594e8ffe097bc0b7639936f33799a7653dded2
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2026-98697
- NVD CVE-2026-98697
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