{"id":"CVE-2026-98697","title":"USB: serial: fix dynamic id driver deregistration race","summary":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nUSB: serial: fix dynamic id driver deregistration race\n\nOnly free the dynamic ids after having deregistered the driver and\nremoved the \"new_id\" attribute to avoid leaki…","severity":"none","vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","affected":["Linux >= 93bacefc4cc0b53e1cb6a336d43847154fdf6886 < ebd8fcaaacb66c15ae7e19d14619abe3762e0701","Linux >= 93bacefc4cc0b53e1cb6a336d43847154fdf6886 < 4d6da6867b4ac6468d634a0dd3c35dfc0dc8af81","Linux >= 93bacefc4cc0b53e1cb6a336d43847154fdf6886 < 380f57cd58e26e0f3687451196ec446c473c52d9","Linux >= 93bacefc4cc0b53e1cb6a336d43847154fdf6886 < 63594e8ffe097bc0b7639936f33799a7653dded2","Linux 2.6.21"],"published":"2026-10-18","updated":"2026-10-18","sourceUpdated":"2026-10-18T15:46:22.503Z","source":"CVEORG","sourceUrl":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-98697","references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ebd8fcaaacb66c15ae7e19d14619abe3762e0701"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4d6da6867b4ac6468d634a0dd3c35dfc0dc8af81"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/380f57cd58e26e0f3687451196ec446c473c52d9"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/63594e8ffe097bc0b7639936f33799a7653dded2"}],"tags":["cve.org"],"ingestedAt":"2026-10-18T16:47:32.516Z","slug":"CVE-2026-98697","body":"## Overview\n\nIn the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nUSB: serial: fix dynamic id driver deregistration race\n\nOnly free the dynamic ids after having deregistered the driver and\nremoved the \"new_id\" attribute to avoid leaking any id added by a racing\nwrite to the attribute.\n\n## Affected\n\n- `Linux >= 93bacefc4cc0b53e1cb6a336d43847154fdf6886 < ebd8fcaaacb66c15ae7e19d14619abe3762e0701`\n- `Linux >= 93bacefc4cc0b53e1cb6a336d43847154fdf6886 < 4d6da6867b4ac6468d634a0dd3c35dfc0dc8af81`\n- `Linux >= 93bacefc4cc0b53e1cb6a336d43847154fdf6886 < 380f57cd58e26e0f3687451196ec446c473c52d9`\n- `Linux >= 93bacefc4cc0b53e1cb6a336d43847154fdf6886 < 63594e8ffe097bc0b7639936f33799a7653dded2`\n- `Linux 2.6.21`\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.","depth":"sunlit","depthScore":3,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":2.8,"likelihood":0,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}