{"cve":"CVE-2026-98066","nvd":{"published":"2026-09-25T11:17:35.667","modified":"2026-10-19T10:18:01.323","status":"Undergoing Analysis","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nALSA: caiaq: Fix potential double-free at error path\n\nThe fix for caiaq driver's resource management to handle the errors\ntries to release the resources in a common destructor call, but as a\nsashiko review for another patch suggested, some of the audio\nresources such as URBs have been already freed, and this may lead to a\ndouble-free.\n\nFor addressing the double-free, call the common destructor function\nfrom each place, and assure that the resource pointers get cleared.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":[],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1dd715ca0568e4833ed5878f49b028b449941096","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2883d65a3d9a8d9a682cdb003e6ab7fb28bb17f8","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3b26ceef88c110f4d188387cffa0df78657be904","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/75b20534d7a37e091db585f8b505a3b77b7e81a8","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b629ae7b3eddc6812d5af3614b8c1bd76d65fa75"],"products":[],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:56:02.509636177+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2026-98066","score":0.00177,"percentile":0.07143,"date":"2026-10-25"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}