# HID: steam: Refactor registration

CVE record · `CVE-2026-98944`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2026-98944`
- **State:** Confirmed
- **Severity:** CVSS 7.8 High
- **Critical:** No
- **CNA:** Linux
- **Technologies:** [Linux kernel](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/linux-kernel.md)
- **Published:** 23 Oct 2026
- **Updated:** 30 Oct 2026
- **Reviewed by a person:** No

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: Linux) at 23 Oct 2026, 12:19 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: `385a4886778f6d6e61eff1d4d295af332d7130e1 to before 6e44418d3a06f023877959cc6dd7386ec7f64d59` (git)
  - affected: `385a4886778f6d6e61eff1d4d295af332d7130e1 to before bdfad7759fef1a5d8be9bacee3c72ce40f148b63` (git)
  - affected: `385a4886778f6d6e61eff1d4d295af332d7130e1 to before 39568571aee4f5499a6d254812fe4b75dc3d4ace` (git)
  - affected: `385a4886778f6d6e61eff1d4d295af332d7130e1 to before 3c2f97343d4df2a75747f4c79effa0587509888f` (git)
  - affected: `385a4886778f6d6e61eff1d4d295af332d7130e1 to before 2b15e10aff95c78dbacc4fa32fa90c9098213e03` (git)
  - affected: `385a4886778f6d6e61eff1d4d295af332d7130e1 to before cf71a6ee1d4e36b8e65b81c064e2797a10247280` (git)
  - affected: `385a4886778f6d6e61eff1d4d295af332d7130e1 to before c06cf54fe99b8c6bcf2017bb076c0e3918608cea` (git)
  - affected: `385a4886778f6d6e61eff1d4d295af332d7130e1 to before 6f9b740c31ba7e061b2ebb330d9a3d63f1358f29` (git)
  - affected: `fb87a92b43961c89bf4a115d8a700885d8959cb1` (git)
  - affected: `4.19.6 to before 4.20` (semver)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `4.20`
  - unaffected: `before 4.20` (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: `6.18.57 to 6.18.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `7.2.11 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

- 7.8 High, CVSS 3.1: `CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`, from CNA (Linux)

- **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 23 Oct 2026. New records show when each source confirmed them.

## Sources

- [CVE List: CVE-2026-98944](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-98944)
- [NVD: CVE-2026-98944](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-98944)

### References from the CNA

- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6e44418d3a06f023877959cc6dd7386ec7f64d59>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bdfad7759fef1a5d8be9bacee3c72ce40f148b63>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/39568571aee4f5499a6d254812fe4b75dc3d4ace>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3c2f97343d4df2a75747f4c79effa0587509888f>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2b15e10aff95c78dbacc4fa32fa90c9098213e03>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cf71a6ee1d4e36b8e65b81c064e2797a10247280>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c06cf54fe99b8c6bcf2017bb076c0e3918608cea>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6f9b740c31ba7e061b2ebb330d9a3d63f1358f29>

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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