{"cve":"CVE-2026-98697","nvd":{"published":"2026-10-18T16:17:23.177","modified":"2026-10-21T13:21:37.837","status":"Received","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nUSB: serial: fix dynamic id driver deregistration race\n\nOnly free the dynamic ids after having deregistered the driver and\nremoved the \"new_id\" attribute to avoid leaking any id added by a racing\nwrite to the attribute.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":[],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/29172161236154f362e35694864cacbdeb07d060","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/380f57cd58e26e0f3687451196ec446c473c52d9","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4d6da6867b4ac6468d634a0dd3c35dfc0dc8af81","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/63594e8ffe097bc0b7639936f33799a7653dded2","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ebd8fcaaacb66c15ae7e19d14619abe3762e0701"],"products":[],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-22T16:41:11.231219466+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2026-98697","score":0.00168,"percentile":0.05985,"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."]}