{"cve":"CVE-2026-98944","nvd":{"published":"2026-10-23T13:17:15.417","modified":"2026-10-26T07:17:18.120","status":"Received","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nHID: steam: Refactor registration\n\nThis refactors and simplifies the registration/unregistration flow. Since\nwe now only perform registration when the client isn't opened anymore, the\nlogic for handling that can be removed, and the rest of the function\nstreamlined.\n\nWe also remove the previous assumption that we have a serial number to show\nwe're registered, replacing it with a single purpose boolean.\n\nIn a previous refactor the code for unregistering a battery if later\nregistration steps failed was accidentally left out. As a result, a\nlingering power_supply object could get left over after the steam object\nwas torn down. This is also fixed here.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","score":7.8},"cwes":[],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2b15e10aff95c78dbacc4fa32fa90c9098213e03","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3c2f97343d4df2a75747f4c79effa0587509888f","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6f9b740c31ba7e061b2ebb330d9a3d63f1358f29","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c06cf54fe99b8c6bcf2017bb076c0e3918608cea","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cf71a6ee1d4e36b8e65b81c064e2797a10247280"],"products":[],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-26T07:33:01.631659812+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2026-98944","score":0.00175,"percentile":0.0694,"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."]}