Bug 2555170 (CVE-2026-98696) - CVE-2026-98696 kernel: kernel: Denial of Service via use-after-free in USB serial driver deregistration
Summary: CVE-2026-98696 kernel: kernel: Denial of Service via use-after-free in USB se...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-98696
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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medium
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Reported: 2026-10-18 15:58 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-10-21 01:45 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-10-18 15:58:23 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

USB: serial: fix driver deregistration order

USB serial driver modules register one driver for the USB bus and one or
more drivers for the ports on the USB serial bus.

When unloading a driver module, the USB driver must be deregistered
before the USB serial bus drivers so that I/O is stopped before
unbinding the ports to avoid use-after-free in completion handlers
accessing port data.

Note that the "new_id" attributes must first be removed to prevent new
ids from being added and triggering a probe of the USB driver after it
has been deregistered.


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