# usb: typec: tipd: fix uninitialized typec_partner_desc in tps6598x_connect()

CVE record · `CVE-2026-98760`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2026-98760`
- **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, 15:47 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: `0a4c005bd1715d8b32a368ed5516a6ee7e603d18 to before bab4210634be8e6d4181155d1b99106ad24cea70` (git)
  - affected: `0a4c005bd1715d8b32a368ed5516a6ee7e603d18 to before 72582e9bb721cd766ae333af8ebf90061dfefeaf` (git)
  - affected: `0a4c005bd1715d8b32a368ed5516a6ee7e603d18 to before a39d53f70e637ff3970046c32106a0e64fca62cd` (git)
  - affected: `0a4c005bd1715d8b32a368ed5516a6ee7e603d18 to before 4b6823ce0e548491cb9663303cba28e18d351096` (git)
  - affected: `0a4c005bd1715d8b32a368ed5516a6ee7e603d18 to before 282be6ae8be791762740107c79cecf5121f66063` (git)
  - affected: `0a4c005bd1715d8b32a368ed5516a6ee7e603d18 to before dac0c073c6ad5f1bbb5e9fea9023fc1b4dab5e14` (git)
  - affected: `0a4c005bd1715d8b32a368ed5516a6ee7e603d18 to before c4b27b3605788bbf9e4251f3cd4ab94645ab036f` (git)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `4.15`
  - unaffected: `before 4.15` (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:** 0.0017, the 6th percentile, on 6 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-2026-98760](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-98760)
- [NVD: CVE-2026-98760](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-98760)

### References from the CNA

- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bab4210634be8e6d4181155d1b99106ad24cea70>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/72582e9bb721cd766ae333af8ebf90061dfefeaf>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a39d53f70e637ff3970046c32106a0e64fca62cd>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4b6823ce0e548491cb9663303cba28e18d351096>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/282be6ae8be791762740107c79cecf5121f66063>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dac0c073c6ad5f1bbb5e9fea9023fc1b4dab5e14>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c4b27b3605788bbf9e4251f3cd4ab94645ab036f>

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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