# HID: alps: unregister DualPoint Stick input device on remove

CVE record · `CVE-2026-98502`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2026-98502`
- **State:** Confirmed
- **Severity:** No CVSS score
- **Critical:** No
- **CNA:** Linux
- **Technologies:** [Linux kernel](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/linux-kernel.md)
- **Published:** 18 Oct 2026
- **Updated:** 30 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 10c14ba9a2f75be78bde46fb7f5432bf02b39676` (git)
  - affected: `2562756dde550901c224e3805102bdfc17e7d13a to before 3efab2a65f6062fa80322095a124c16e2fe0f119` (git)
  - affected: `2562756dde550901c224e3805102bdfc17e7d13a to before 0cd13b96e00cacf1b252814442d197fdff0b1f4f` (git)
  - affected: `2562756dde550901c224e3805102bdfc17e7d13a to before bd9571812d02242b6bba2637fba924a78a5c6fa8` (git)
  - affected: `2562756dde550901c224e3805102bdfc17e7d13a to before 1170ebfba562b3938ff7749b2e42e4420f19436d` (git)
  - affected: `2562756dde550901c224e3805102bdfc17e7d13a to before aa4845a710ae9fee6a3831f5c338904cea77c3aa` (git)
  - affected: `2562756dde550901c224e3805102bdfc17e7d13a to before 978e801750c7b0859e87eae619f7d88fcd88333e` (git)
  - affected: `2562756dde550901c224e3805102bdfc17e7d13a to before aa9dde93e05a837645fdfd577eea71f0733f0694` (git)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `4.8`
  - unaffected: `before 4.8` (semver)
  - unaffected: `5.10.273 to 5.10.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `5.15.224 to 5.15.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.1.191 to 6.1.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.6.160 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

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

- **CISA KEV:** Not listed.
- **EPSS:** 0.0021, the 11th 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-2026-98502](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-98502)
- [NVD: CVE-2026-98502](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-98502)

### References from the CNA

- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/10c14ba9a2f75be78bde46fb7f5432bf02b39676>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3efab2a65f6062fa80322095a124c16e2fe0f119>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0cd13b96e00cacf1b252814442d197fdff0b1f4f>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bd9571812d02242b6bba2637fba924a78a5c6fa8>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1170ebfba562b3938ff7749b2e42e4420f19436d>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/aa4845a710ae9fee6a3831f5c338904cea77c3aa>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/978e801750c7b0859e87eae619f7d88fcd88333e>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/aa9dde93e05a837645fdfd577eea71f0733f0694>

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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