High severity · published Oct 23, 2026
CVE-2026-98945
HID: steam: Rearrange teardown sequence
New
7.8
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 5% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
LI
Linux · Linux
9cd61c8179781344315c2a9816977ea415c5459e before d2587923d50c8b141ce0ccb284c714cf6054d6a7; 9cd61c8179781344315c2a9816977ea415c5459e before 81a8209c09f9be7eef860ca6cc154749a6b4d243; 9cd61c8179781344315c2a9816977ea415c5459e before 86724f4bcf6049c3a322f7a7b1f968210059c46a; 9cd61c8179781344315c2a9816977ea415c5459e before b5ea938ff776306798d3a11485c2475034f92131; 9cd61c8179781344315c2a9816977ea415c5459e before ddce9641ce924ed91ec8304577e463823a29ffaf; 6.3 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-98945
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-98945
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/81a8209c09f9be7eef860ca6cc154749a6b4d243
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/86724f4bcf6049c3a322f7a7b1f968210059c46a
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b5ea938ff776306798d3a11485c2475034f92131
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d2587923d50c8b141ce0ccb284c714cf6054d6a7
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ddce9641ce924ed91ec8304577e463823a29ffaf
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