Bug 2559676 (CVE-2026-98945) - CVE-2026-98945 kernel: kernel: Denial of service via use-after-free in Steam HID driver teardown
Summary: CVE-2026-98945 kernel: kernel: Denial of service via use-after-free in Steam ...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-98945
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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medium
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Assignee: Product Security DevOps Team
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Reported: 2026-10-23 12:59 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-10-27 20:37 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-10-23 12:59:50 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

HID: steam: Rearrange teardown sequence

This fixes a narrow window during the teardown sequence where callbacks
could still be scheduled during cleanup that would then have a dangling
pointer to the now-freed steam struct.

This also puts work canceling for rumble and mode switch in
steam_unregister, as that shouldn't persist while the client hdev is open.


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