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  "affected": [
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        {
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              "introduced": "765e0ba62613fb90f09c1b5926750df0aa56f349"
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              "fixed": "646e5b28b4fdbc1b828a2398d6ced2c1dd308a46"
            }
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          "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
          "type": "GIT"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Linux",
        "name": "Kernel"
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            {
              "introduced": "3.4.0"
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            {
              "fixed": "6.12.113"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        },
        {
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            {
              "introduced": "6.13.0"
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            {
              "fixed": "6.18.56"
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          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        },
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "6.19.0"
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            {
              "fixed": "7.2.10"
            }
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          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
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  "database_specific": {
    "cna_assigner": "Linux",
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/98xxx/CVE-2026-98696.json"
  },
  "details": "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.",
  "id": "CVE-2026-98696",
  "modified": "2026-10-19T02:30:55.908870944Z",
  "published": "2026-10-18T15:46:20.399Z",
  "references": [
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      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/428d479a0d31460fbf5969ab262ccd673f1fac01"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/646e5b28b4fdbc1b828a2398d6ced2c1dd308a46"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9b085a06a0a411b0bcdf18b61c3ebf1be1c72ffe"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a1aa474768f69ea3a70da523f00f74c264cfa10e"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/98xxx/CVE-2026-98696.json"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-98696"
    }
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  "schema_version": "1.9.0",
  "summary": "USB: serial: fix driver deregistration order"
}