# USB: serial: fix dynamic id driver deregistration race

CVE record · `CVE-2026-98697`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2026-98697`
- **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: `93bacefc4cc0b53e1cb6a336d43847154fdf6886 to before e8dd520070e1d89ab2fabdd514dd2b4024fabc1f` (git)
  - affected: `93bacefc4cc0b53e1cb6a336d43847154fdf6886 to before 025e149e471bfa07622b8b77050facfc9b7704b4` (git)
  - affected: `93bacefc4cc0b53e1cb6a336d43847154fdf6886 to before 5f83c41fac8f4048f2ded4ffdd74907888a3bb91` (git)
  - affected: `93bacefc4cc0b53e1cb6a336d43847154fdf6886 to before 29172161236154f362e35694864cacbdeb07d060` (git)
  - affected: `93bacefc4cc0b53e1cb6a336d43847154fdf6886 to before ebd8fcaaacb66c15ae7e19d14619abe3762e0701` (git)
  - affected: `93bacefc4cc0b53e1cb6a336d43847154fdf6886 to before 4d6da6867b4ac6468d634a0dd3c35dfc0dc8af81` (git)
  - affected: `93bacefc4cc0b53e1cb6a336d43847154fdf6886 to before 380f57cd58e26e0f3687451196ec446c473c52d9` (git)
  - affected: `93bacefc4cc0b53e1cb6a336d43847154fdf6886 to before 63594e8ffe097bc0b7639936f33799a7653dded2` (git)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `2.6.21`
  - unaffected: `before 2.6.21` (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 7 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-2026-98697](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-98697)
- [NVD: CVE-2026-98697](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-98697)

### References from the CNA

- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e8dd520070e1d89ab2fabdd514dd2b4024fabc1f>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/025e149e471bfa07622b8b77050facfc9b7704b4>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5f83c41fac8f4048f2ded4ffdd74907888a3bb91>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/29172161236154f362e35694864cacbdeb07d060>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ebd8fcaaacb66c15ae7e19d14619abe3762e0701>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4d6da6867b4ac6468d634a0dd3c35dfc0dc8af81>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/380f57cd58e26e0f3687451196ec446c473c52d9>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/63594e8ffe097bc0b7639936f33799a7653dded2>

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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