# ALSA: caiaq: unregister the input device when probe fails

CVE record · `CVE-2026-98837`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2026-98837`
- **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, 15:50 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: `da938aa9fc7826901921dcea225948ab21a97e45 to before 7017c9dda1ebbab428a6fd29c841596b5c9c84d1` (git)
  - affected: `09616e25f502080ba684fc7fcf959d1376ab756d to before 8315ea07ebb2497531ff42dd640396f6f1d4a8f0` (git)
  - affected: `b956e48371f2ff72b76be9a829800ecec963bd45 to before 1d5d194594ff616ad36a052bde739d1cf5855b95` (git)
  - affected: `f537e3ad69609f6924a4db6b4a7f6561f5288bdd to before df2787819bd137111b56b8631dd581b0cce7144d` (git)
  - affected: `6251e3e256337a30160ef59ab1580dde4d1acd28 to before 850810c12686f80cdf7530f4f21e0157d904f739` (git)
  - affected: `e59ecd4ee3a450db6cb4e4ecaa3efdd593f80056 to before 84727facd8506140cd04f2b0a8b1c4ddeac41cea` (git)
  - affected: `28abd224db4a49560b452115bca3672a20e45b2f to before 2e5a413cc2a489c9427ecd3d73ad764bfb0c7103` (git)
  - affected: `28abd224db4a49560b452115bca3672a20e45b2f to before 0b7bd20f6379bc5e431fd74d866390f5b5b63f3c` (git)
  - affected: `096dd8519cf2f768e9e14f224b627f7aaee1a9c5` (git)
  - affected: `5.10.258 to before 5.10.273` (semver)
  - affected: `5.15.209 to before 5.15.224` (semver)
  - affected: `6.1.175 to before 6.1.191` (semver)
  - and 4 more
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `7.1`
  - unaffected: `before 7.1` (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:** 0.0021, the 11th 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-2026-98837](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-98837)
- [NVD: CVE-2026-98837](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-98837)

### References from the CNA

- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7017c9dda1ebbab428a6fd29c841596b5c9c84d1>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8315ea07ebb2497531ff42dd640396f6f1d4a8f0>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1d5d194594ff616ad36a052bde739d1cf5855b95>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/df2787819bd137111b56b8631dd581b0cce7144d>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/850810c12686f80cdf7530f4f21e0157d904f739>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/84727facd8506140cd04f2b0a8b1c4ddeac41cea>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2e5a413cc2a489c9427ecd3d73ad764bfb0c7103>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0b7bd20f6379bc5e431fd74d866390f5b5b63f3c>

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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