# HID: alps: fix use-after-free on input2 registration failure

CVE record · `CVE-2026-98501`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2026-98501`
- **State:** Confirmed
- **Severity:** CVSS 7.1 High
- **Critical:** No
- **CNA:** Linux
- **Technologies:** [Linux kernel](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/linux-kernel.md)
- **Published:** 18 Oct 2026
- **Updated:** 24 Oct 2026
- **Reviewed by a person:** No

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: Linux) at 18 Oct 2026, 15:16 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: `2562756dde550901c224e3805102bdfc17e7d13a to before 64f824dccfd316fd3db8ea1cc4e8a76ad6a02740` (git)
  - affected: `2562756dde550901c224e3805102bdfc17e7d13a to before 2e55d76e6e8a756f6d87c241de975599f82b02fa` (git)
  - affected: `2562756dde550901c224e3805102bdfc17e7d13a to before ef8ca5bb4c8b9696f38b1bebce1c851baa02b77b` (git)
  - affected: `2562756dde550901c224e3805102bdfc17e7d13a to before 5a8ad63158165bacd6a1d7420e0fe5364c913b06` (git)
  - affected: `2562756dde550901c224e3805102bdfc17e7d13a to before 47e5e177e9e4e10da6f2759d5ce8d049e33efdc4` (git)
  - affected: `2562756dde550901c224e3805102bdfc17e7d13a to before 925da1d2a24787f24872de13a4680437c54de179` (git)
  - affected: `2562756dde550901c224e3805102bdfc17e7d13a to before 443f6b93442b10b972a16f57ceaaea75b77892b6` (git)
  - affected: `2562756dde550901c224e3805102bdfc17e7d13a to before d3aba3442798ce4a4c8ce3104d7b286d61e605f9` (git)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `4.8`
  - unaffected: `before 4.8` (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: `6.12.112 to 6.12.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.18.55 to 6.18.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `7.2.9 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

- 7.1 High, CVSS 3.1: `CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`, from CNA (Linux)

- **CISA KEV:** Not listed.
- **EPSS:** 0.0026, the 17th percentile, on 8 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 18 Oct 2026. New records show when each source confirmed them.

## Sources

- [CVE List: CVE-2026-98501](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-98501)
- [NVD: CVE-2026-98501](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-98501)

### References from the CNA

- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/64f824dccfd316fd3db8ea1cc4e8a76ad6a02740>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2e55d76e6e8a756f6d87c241de975599f82b02fa>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ef8ca5bb4c8b9696f38b1bebce1c851baa02b77b>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5a8ad63158165bacd6a1d7420e0fe5364c913b06>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/47e5e177e9e4e10da6f2759d5ce8d049e33efdc4>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/925da1d2a24787f24872de13a4680437c54de179>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/443f6b93442b10b972a16f57ceaaea75b77892b6>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d3aba3442798ce4a4c8ce3104d7b286d61e605f9>

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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- Everything that needs attention now: <https://agentprime.io/advisories/critical.md>

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