GHSA-5QFJ-X2WC-WCF3
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-10-18 18:32 – Updated: 2026-10-30 15:33In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
USB: serial: fix dynamic id driver deregistration race
Only free the dynamic ids after having deregistered the driver and removed the "new_id" attribute to avoid leaking any id added by a racing write to the attribute.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2026-98697"
],
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"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2026-10-18T16:17:23Z",
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},
"details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nUSB: serial: fix dynamic id driver deregistration race\n\nOnly free the dynamic ids after having deregistered the driver and\nremoved the \"new_id\" attribute to avoid leaking any id added by a racing\nwrite to the attribute.",
"id": "GHSA-5qfj-x2wc-wcf3",
"modified": "2026-10-30T15:33:56Z",
"published": "2026-10-18T18:32:00Z",
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