{"id":"CVE-2026-98696","published":"2026-10-18T16:17:23.070","lastModified":"2026-10-19T10:19:33.947","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.","cvssScore":null,"cvssSeverity":null,"cvssVector":null,"cwes":[],"vendors":[],"products":[],"references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/428d479a0d31460fbf5969ab262ccd673f1fac01","tags":[]},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/646e5b28b4fdbc1b828a2398d6ced2c1dd308a46","tags":[]},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9b085a06a0a411b0bcdf18b61c3ebf1be1c72ffe","tags":[]},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a1aa474768f69ea3a70da523f00f74c264cfa10e","tags":[]}],"exploitRefs":[],"hasPoc":false,"ai":null}