{"cve":"CVE-2026-98945","nvd":{"published":"2026-10-23T13:17:15.533","modified":"2026-10-26T07:17:18.260","status":"Received","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nHID: steam: Rearrange teardown sequence\n\nThis fixes a narrow window during the teardown sequence where callbacks\ncould still be scheduled during cleanup that would then have a dangling\npointer to the now-freed steam struct.\n\nThis also puts work canceling for rumble and mode switch in\nsteam_unregister, as that shouldn't persist while the client hdev is open.","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/81a8209c09f9be7eef860ca6cc154749a6b4d243","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/86724f4bcf6049c3a322f7a7b1f968210059c46a","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b5ea938ff776306798d3a11485c2475034f92131","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d2587923d50c8b141ce0ccb284c714cf6054d6a7","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ddce9641ce924ed91ec8304577e463823a29ffaf"],"products":[],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-26T07:33:01.631659812+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2026-98945","score":0.00163,"percentile":0.05457,"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."]}