Vulnerability in Linux

[ Description ]Official description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: USB: serial: fix dynamic id driver deregistration race Only free the dynamic ids after having deregistered the driver and removed the "new_id" attribute to avoid leaking any id added by a racing write to the attribute.

[ Fixes ]Fixes and patches

No fix or interim patch is linked from our sources yet. Check the vendor references below and limit exposure of affected systems until a fix is available.

[ Advisories ]Government CERT advisories

• BSI CERT-Bund18 Oct 2026WID-SEC-2026-4019

  Linux Kernel: Multiple vulnerabilities Translated from German

  CVE-2026-98866CVE-2026-98624CVE-2026-98745+326 more CVEs

[ References ]References

• git.kernel.org/stable/c/29172161236154f362e35694864cacbdeb07d060
• git.kernel.org/stable/c/380f57cd58e26e0f3687451196ec446c473c52d9
• git.kernel.org/stable/c/4d6da6867b4ac6468d634a0dd3c35dfc0dc8af81
• git.kernel.org/stable/c/63594e8ffe097bc0b7639936f33799a7653dded2
• git.kernel.org/stable/c/ebd8fcaaacb66c15ae7e19d14619abe3762e0701