# HID: multitouch: stop the release timer from being rearmed on remove

CVE record · `CVE-2026-98859`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2026-98859`
- **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:** 21 Oct 2026
- **Reviewed by a person:** No

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: Linux) at 18 Oct 2026, 15:51 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: `4f4001bc76fd1a138a501fbd3d68cce72cbf96ce to before 3776f34fbce990af45978f1628d2e1adc0d67d0f` (git)
  - affected: `4f4001bc76fd1a138a501fbd3d68cce72cbf96ce to before 1f1bd9a3117f082eb891c0986c4f0e04cd974c9a` (git)
  - affected: `4f4001bc76fd1a138a501fbd3d68cce72cbf96ce to before 0c19a6c1d25fd5ed66d1f80dc6f6e56cc1f0a787` (git)
  - affected: `4f4001bc76fd1a138a501fbd3d68cce72cbf96ce to before a0125ca86e405b8a704e96157a6c10ca51087652` (git)
  - affected: `4f4001bc76fd1a138a501fbd3d68cce72cbf96ce to before 5acb2dace582f061aab5e14c399ac9480315f44b` (git)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `4.13`
  - unaffected: `before 4.13` (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:** 0.0016, the 4th 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-2026-98859](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-98859)
- [NVD: CVE-2026-98859](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-98859)

### References from the CNA

- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3776f34fbce990af45978f1628d2e1adc0d67d0f>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1f1bd9a3117f082eb891c0986c4f0e04cd974c9a>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0c19a6c1d25fd5ed66d1f80dc6f6e56cc1f0a787>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a0125ca86e405b8a704e96157a6c10ca51087652>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5acb2dace582f061aab5e14c399ac9480315f44b>

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.

## Check whether this affects you

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- Everything that needs attention now: <https://agentprime.io/advisories/critical.md>

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