# driver core: Avoid warning when removing a device while its supplier is unbinding

CVE record · `CVE-2026-97479`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2026-97479`
- **State:** Confirmed
- **Severity:** No CVSS score
- **Critical:** No
- **CNA:** Linux
- **Technologies:** [Linux kernel](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/linux-kernel.md)
- **Published:** 24 Sept 2026
- **Updated:** 30 Oct 2026
- **Reviewed by a person:** No

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: Linux) at 24 Sept 2026, 16:04 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known. This CVE names a vendor and product rather than a package, so the lockfile check doesn’t match it.

## Affected products, as the CNA wrote them

- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `8c3e315d4296421cd26b3300ee0ac117f0877f20 to before 3d13785eabc3871bde179f3f17a2b2bef064864a` (git)
  - affected: `8c3e315d4296421cd26b3300ee0ac117f0877f20 to before d5eb39d6178ca88db706c7b82dcd19a77f30aa9e` (git)
  - affected: `8c3e315d4296421cd26b3300ee0ac117f0877f20 to before da22e4bce2a8cbed32dcda407b7d06cb5feec8e3` (git)
  - affected: `8c3e315d4296421cd26b3300ee0ac117f0877f20 to before 73ea4ec0ec46d12558a61842b474e7dd63538edc` (git)
  - affected: `8c3e315d4296421cd26b3300ee0ac117f0877f20 to before 36d74f17e03f7e60e1b08fbe16cfad6e69cc3aa9` (git)
  - affected: `2e5c082d3727522a3f30a50582784d24754d14a8` (git)
  - affected: `70154bb515a325c007bcf64971099e1e17f16f28` (git)
  - affected: `5.6.19 to before 5.7` (semver)
  - affected: `5.7.3 to before 5.8` (semver)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `5.8`
  - unaffected: `before 5.8` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.1.191 to 6.1.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.6.160 to 6.6.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.12.114 to 6.12.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.18.53 to 6.18.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `7.2 to *, inclusive` (original_commit_for_fix)
  - Other versions: affected

## Machine-written summary

Summary written by Claude Haiku from the source advisory. Not reviewed by a person.

> Linux kernel versions affected by CVE-2026-97479 are the range from commit 8c3e315d4296421cd26b3300ee0ac117f0877f20 up to the fixed commits listed for each stable branch, and the 5.8 series. The source describes a kernel warning, triggered in the driver core when a device is removed while its supplier is unbinding, and gives few details on impact beyond that. No attacker requirements or consequences are described. The fix suppresses the spurious warning for this removal sequence; no upgrade version is named beyond the listed unaffected stable releases.

Written 12 Nov 2026.

## Not analysed yet

We haven’t published our own analysis of this CVE. If a person reviews it, this page will say what’s affected and what has to be true for it to matter.

## Severity and exploitation

No source has published a CVSS score for this record yet.

- **CISA KEV:** Not listed.
- **EPSS:** 0.0017, the 6th percentile, on 13 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

## Timeline

This record came from the full history of the CVE Program, published 24 Sept 2026. New records show when each source confirmed them.

## Sources

- [CVE List: CVE-2026-97479](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-97479)
- [NVD: CVE-2026-97479](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-97479)

### References from the CNA

- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3d13785eabc3871bde179f3f17a2b2bef064864a>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d5eb39d6178ca88db706c7b82dcd19a77f30aa9e>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/da22e4bce2a8cbed32dcda407b7d06cb5feec8e3>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/73ea4ec0ec46d12558a61842b474e7dd63538edc>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/36d74f17e03f7e60e1b08fbe16cfad6e69cc3aa9>

Facts on this page come from the CVE List as the CNA published them, with CVSS from the sources named above, CISA KEV and FIRST EPSS. Vendors, products and versions are shown as the CNA wrote them. We don’t reproduce the CVE’s description.

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