{"cve":"CVE-2026-98696","nvd":{"published":"2026-10-18T16:17:23.070","modified":"2026-10-21T13:21:37.710","status":"Received","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nUSB: serial: fix driver deregistration order\n\nUSB serial driver modules register one driver for the USB bus and one or\nmore drivers for the ports on the USB serial bus.\n\nWhen unloading a driver module, the USB driver must be deregistered\nbefore the USB serial bus drivers so that I/O is stopped before\nunbinding the ports to avoid use-after-free in completion handlers\naccessing port data.\n\nNote that the \"new_id\" attributes must first be removed to prevent new\nids from being added and triggering a probe of the USB driver after it\nhas been deregistered.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":[],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/428d479a0d31460fbf5969ab262ccd673f1fac01","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/646e5b28b4fdbc1b828a2398d6ced2c1dd308a46","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9b085a06a0a411b0bcdf18b61c3ebf1be1c72ffe","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a1aa474768f69ea3a70da523f00f74c264cfa10e","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e7ad832b1144df19cbbaaa655625c6f984e85b9f"],"products":[],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-22T16:41:11.231219466+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2026-98696","score":0.00168,"percentile":0.05978,"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."]}