# ALSA: caiaq: Fix potential double-free at error path

CVE record · `CVE-2026-98066`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2026-98066`
- **State:** Confirmed
- **Severity:** No CVSS score
- **Critical:** No
- **CNA:** Linux
- **Technologies:** [Linux kernel](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/linux-kernel.md)
- **Published:** 25 Sept 2026
- **Updated:** 19 Oct 2026
- **Reviewed by a person:** No

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: Linux) at 25 Sept 2026, 10:24 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: `da938aa9fc7826901921dcea225948ab21a97e45 to before ddfff1cec52b7deec6c770ba85de4dab6221d0a2` (git)
  - affected: `09616e25f502080ba684fc7fcf959d1376ab756d to before da93fd9002d980bb02b729c5d5aeefeb252dd110` (git)
  - affected: `b956e48371f2ff72b76be9a829800ecec963bd45 to before b6cd6f1664a0bc8038b9baa7e6f5fe8e4142d056` (git)
  - affected: `f537e3ad69609f6924a4db6b4a7f6561f5288bdd to before 75b20534d7a37e091db585f8b505a3b77b7e81a8` (git)
  - affected: `6251e3e256337a30160ef59ab1580dde4d1acd28 to before 2883d65a3d9a8d9a682cdb003e6ab7fb28bb17f8` (git)
  - affected: `e59ecd4ee3a450db6cb4e4ecaa3efdd593f80056 to before 1dd715ca0568e4833ed5878f49b028b449941096` (git)
  - affected: `28abd224db4a49560b452115bca3672a20e45b2f to before b629ae7b3eddc6812d5af3614b8c1bd76d65fa75` (git)
  - affected: `28abd224db4a49560b452115bca3672a20e45b2f to before 3b26ceef88c110f4d188387cffa0df78657be904` (git)
  - affected: `096dd8519cf2f768e9e14f224b627f7aaee1a9c5` (git)
  - affected: `5.10.258 to before 5.10.271` (semver)
  - affected: `5.15.209 to before 5.15.222` (semver)
  - affected: `6.1.175 to before 6.1.189` (semver)
  - and 4 more
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `7.1`
  - unaffected: `before 7.1` (semver)
  - unaffected: `5.10.271 to 5.10.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `5.15.222 to 5.15.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.1.189 to 6.1.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.6.158 to 6.6.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.12.111 to 6.12.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.18.53 to 6.18.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `7.2.7 to 7.2.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `7.3 to *, inclusive` (original_commit_for_fix)
  - Other versions: affected

## 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:** 0.0018, the 7th percentile, on 11 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 25 Sept 2026. New records show when each source confirmed them.

## Sources

- [CVE List: CVE-2026-98066](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-98066)
- [NVD: CVE-2026-98066](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-98066)

### References from the CNA

- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ddfff1cec52b7deec6c770ba85de4dab6221d0a2>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/da93fd9002d980bb02b729c5d5aeefeb252dd110>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b6cd6f1664a0bc8038b9baa7e6f5fe8e4142d056>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/75b20534d7a37e091db585f8b505a3b77b7e81a8>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2883d65a3d9a8d9a682cdb003e6ab7fb28bb17f8>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1dd715ca0568e4833ed5878f49b028b449941096>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b629ae7b3eddc6812d5af3614b8c1bd76d65fa75>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3b26ceef88c110f4d188387cffa0df78657be904>

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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