{"cve":"CVE-2026-98501","nvd":{"published":"2026-10-18T16:17:01.143","modified":"2026-10-24T14:16:44.773","status":"Received","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nHID: alps: fix use-after-free on input2 registration failure\n\nalps_input_configured() stores data->input2 before calling\ninput_register_device().  If registration fails, input_free_device()\nfrees the input device but data->input2 still points to the freed memory.\nalps_input_configured() calls hid_hw_open() before allocating input2, so\nURBs are already active and raw_event can fire during the failure window.\nA U1_SP_ABSOLUTE_REPORT_ID report arriving then causes u1_raw_event()\nto dereference the freed data->input2 -> use-after-free.\n\nFix by only storing input2 into drvdata after successful registration\nand adding a NULL guard in the raw_event path.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","score":7.1},"cwes":[],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2e55d76e6e8a756f6d87c241de975599f82b02fa","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/443f6b93442b10b972a16f57ceaaea75b77892b6","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/47e5e177e9e4e10da6f2759d5ce8d049e33efdc4","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5a8ad63158165bacd6a1d7420e0fe5364c913b06","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/64f824dccfd316fd3db8ea1cc4e8a76ad6a02740"],"products":[],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-24T16:53:35.584907681+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2026-98501","score":0.00259,"percentile":0.17452,"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."]}