# USB: serial: fix driver deregistration order

CVE record · `CVE-2026-98696`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2026-98696`
- **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, 15:46 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: `765e0ba62613fb90f09c1b5926750df0aa56f349 to before 991904982827f07706c643bb0428c4b689b254e3` (git)
  - affected: `765e0ba62613fb90f09c1b5926750df0aa56f349 to before 7c65438e3b98bd6009af09db8c725547192cdfe0` (git)
  - affected: `765e0ba62613fb90f09c1b5926750df0aa56f349 to before 2f12343f39e316ff66adc84a6db3569f33b50f66` (git)
  - affected: `765e0ba62613fb90f09c1b5926750df0aa56f349 to before e7ad832b1144df19cbbaaa655625c6f984e85b9f` (git)
  - affected: `765e0ba62613fb90f09c1b5926750df0aa56f349 to before 9b085a06a0a411b0bcdf18b61c3ebf1be1c72ffe` (git)
  - affected: `765e0ba62613fb90f09c1b5926750df0aa56f349 to before a1aa474768f69ea3a70da523f00f74c264cfa10e` (git)
  - affected: `765e0ba62613fb90f09c1b5926750df0aa56f349 to before 428d479a0d31460fbf5969ab262ccd673f1fac01` (git)
  - affected: `765e0ba62613fb90f09c1b5926750df0aa56f349 to before 646e5b28b4fdbc1b828a2398d6ced2c1dd308a46` (git)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `3.4`
  - unaffected: `before 3.4` (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: `6.12.113 to 6.12.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.18.56 to 6.18.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `7.2.10 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 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-2026-98696](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-98696)
- [NVD: CVE-2026-98696](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-98696)

### References from the CNA

- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/991904982827f07706c643bb0428c4b689b254e3>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7c65438e3b98bd6009af09db8c725547192cdfe0>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2f12343f39e316ff66adc84a6db3569f33b50f66>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e7ad832b1144df19cbbaaa655625c6f984e85b9f>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9b085a06a0a411b0bcdf18b61c3ebf1be1c72ffe>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a1aa474768f69ea3a70da523f00f74c264cfa10e>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/428d479a0d31460fbf5969ab262ccd673f1fac01>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/646e5b28b4fdbc1b828a2398d6ced2c1dd308a46>

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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