{"cve":"CVE-2026-98397","nvd":{"published":"2026-10-14T14:17:50.657","modified":"2026-10-19T10:18:44.370","status":"Received","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nplatform/x86: x86-android-tablets: hold device reference for secondary fwnode teardown\n\nIn gpio_secondary_fwnode_init(), acpi_bus_find_device_by_name() returns a\ndevice reference, but the local dev variable is declared with\n__free(put_device), dropping the reference at the end of each iteration.\nMeanwhile, devm_add_action_or_reset() saves the dev pointer for\ngpio_secondary_unset() without incrementing its reference count, which\ncould lead to a use-after-free during driver teardown if the device is\nreleased in the interim.\n\nAcquire an explicit device reference with get_device() when registering\nthe devres action, and drop it with put_device() inside\ngpio_secondary_unset().","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":[],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/144113b0a70fa18033a747ee5db6803308f7688c","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c62b6e081119f2ab03cfcafde1f83c0f50e8e726"],"products":[],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:59:28.494260111+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2026-98397","score":0.00189,"percentile":0.08502,"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."]}