---
id: CVE-2026-97541
title: |-
  In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

  wifi: ath9k_htc: don't store usb_device_id

  usb_device_id is not guaranteed to live longer than probe due to presence
  of dynamic ID
summary: |-
  In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

  wifi: ath9k_htc: don't store usb_device_id

  usb_device_id is not guaranteed to live longer than probe due to presence
  of dynamic ID. All information apart from driver_d…
severity: none
vendor: Linux
product: Linux
affected:
  - >-
    Linux >= 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 <
    8e70a6785bd02cf9ef7fd21ebccf46a8ba23014e
  - >-
    Linux >= 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 <
    9d5e396578097d02e859798207db41ed4b831f50
  - >-
    Linux >= 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 <
    c34aa59950597e3360e9cef9d08cdf4edb30ad4d
  - >-
    Linux >= 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 <
    14d2ac442d660e112efc0ce87ad10085013ed2b1
  - Linux < 6.12.111
  - Linux < 6.18.53
  - Linux < 7.2.7
  - Linux (all versions)
published: '2026-09-25'
updated: '2026-09-25'
sourceUpdated: '2026-09-25T11:17:04.423'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-97541'
references:
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/14d2ac442d660e112efc0ce87ad10085013ed2b1'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8e70a6785bd02cf9ef7fd21ebccf46a8ba23014e'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9d5e396578097d02e859798207db41ed4b831f50'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c34aa59950597e3360e9cef9d08cdf4edb30ad4d'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
tags:
  - nvd
  - cve.org
ingestedAt: '2026-09-25T11:06:38.922Z'
---

## Overview

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

wifi: ath9k_htc: don't store usb_device_id

usb_device_id is not guaranteed to live longer than probe due to presence
of dynamic ID. All information apart from driver_data can be easily
retrieved from usb_device, so just store driver_data.

## Remediation

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