---
id: CVE-2026-98943
title: 'HID: steam: Clean up locking'
summary: |-
  In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

  HID: steam: Clean up locking

  This cleans up several issues with locking behavior, including RCU accesses
  not being guarded behind a lock.
severity: none
vendor: Linux
product: Linux
affected:
  - >-
    Linux >= 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 <
    cbf9961602ffb34d6902bbe9a247c54e13361265
  - >-
    Linux >= 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 <
    6bce4b221dc0e144180c333123dbb82d1dc3a500
  - >-
    Linux >= 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 <
    d1e095c75d12799a1cd855a399f88c89147c1eca
  - >-
    Linux >= 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 <
    6c714d6691515fa3d38eb770b484a0046593ccc9
  - >-
    Linux >= 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 <
    de1d341b9b3ec9655f31fb8b44f784cca5e670ad
  - Linux < 6.6.160
  - Linux < 6.12.113
  - Linux < 6.18.57
  - Linux < 7.2.11
  - Linux (all versions)
published: '2026-10-23'
updated: '2026-10-23'
sourceUpdated: '2026-10-23T12:19:01.620Z'
source: CVEORG
sourceUrl: 'https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-98943'
references:
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cbf9961602ffb34d6902bbe9a247c54e13361265'
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6bce4b221dc0e144180c333123dbb82d1dc3a500'
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d1e095c75d12799a1cd855a399f88c89147c1eca'
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6c714d6691515fa3d38eb770b484a0046593ccc9'
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/de1d341b9b3ec9655f31fb8b44f784cca5e670ad'
tags:
  - cve.org
ingestedAt: '2026-10-23T13:24:55.561Z'
---

## Overview

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

HID: steam: Clean up locking

This cleans up several issues with locking behavior, including RCU accesses
not being guarded behind a lock.

## Affected

- `Linux >= 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 < cbf9961602ffb34d6902bbe9a247c54e13361265`
- `Linux >= 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 < 6bce4b221dc0e144180c333123dbb82d1dc3a500`
- `Linux >= 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 < d1e095c75d12799a1cd855a399f88c89147c1eca`
- `Linux >= 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 < 6c714d6691515fa3d38eb770b484a0046593ccc9`
- `Linux >= 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 < de1d341b9b3ec9655f31fb8b44f784cca5e670ad`
- `Linux < 6.6.160`
- `Linux < 6.12.113`
- `Linux < 6.18.57`
- `Linux < 7.2.11`
- `Linux (all versions)`

## Remediation

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