In 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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Linux Linux unaffected
Version Status Constraints
93bacefc4cc0b53e1cb6a336d43847154fdf6886 affected < ebd8fcaaacb66c15ae7e19d14619abe3762e0701
93bacefc4cc0b53e1cb6a336d43847154fdf6886 affected < 4d6da6867b4ac6468d634a0dd3c35dfc0dc8af81
93bacefc4cc0b53e1cb6a336d43847154fdf6886 affected < 380f57cd58e26e0f3687451196ec446c473c52d9
93bacefc4cc0b53e1cb6a336d43847154fdf6886 affected < 63594e8ffe097bc0b7639936f33799a7653dded2
Linux Linux affected
Version Status Constraints
2.6.21 affected —
0 unaffected < 2.6.21
6.12.113 unaffected ≤ 6.12.*
6.18.56 unaffected ≤ 6.18.*
7.2.10 unaffected ≤ 7.2.*
7.3-rc6 unaffected ≤ *

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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/380f57cd58e26e0f3687451196ec446c473c52d9 cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4d6da6867b4ac6468d634a0dd3c35dfc0dc8af81 cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/63594e8ffe097bc0b7639936f33799a7653dded2 cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ebd8fcaaacb66c15ae7e19d14619abe3762e0701 cve-icon cve-icon
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Sun, 18 Oct 2026 16:00:00 +0000

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Description In 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.
Title USB: serial: fix dynamic id driver deregistration race
First Time appeared Linux
Linux linux Kernel
CPEs cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Linux
Linux linux Kernel
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-18T15:46:22.503Z

Reserved: 2026-09-25T10:25:14.365Z

Link: CVE-2026-98697

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Status : Received

Published: 2026-10-18T16:17:23.177

Modified: 2026-10-18T16:17:23.177

Link: CVE-2026-98697

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