{"answers":{"affected":"","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-98006 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"Apply the vendor's patch.","what":"CVE-2026-98006 is an use after free vulnerability in Linux, published on 25 Sep 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2026-98006 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2026-98006 is an use after free vulnerability in Linux, published on 25 Sep 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-98006 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: Linux. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-98006/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-98006/index.md)","id":"CVE-2026-98006","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-98006/index.md","name":"CVE-2026-98006","record":{"aliases":["AZL-104283","BELL-CVE-2026-98006","DEBIAN-CVE-2026-98006","GHSA-hxc5-rp8m-w6cf","UBUNTU-CVE-2026-98006"],"analysis":{"component_type":"kernel","fix_type":"patch","impacts":["code_execution","denial_of_service"],"network_reachable":"adjacent_or_local","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"Linux kernel driver","requires_auth":"none","summary":"A use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel ALSA caiaq driver allows local attackers to cause a system crash or potentially execute code via USB device interaction.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"use_after_free"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"Linux","cpe":[],"cvss":{"score":null,"severity":null,"source":null,"vector":null,"version":null},"cwes":[],"description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nALSA: caiaq: Decoupling ep1_in_urb in caiaq dev\n\nThe epq_in_urb object belonging to the caiaq device is coupled within\nthe struct snd_usb_caiaqdev. After usb_submit_urb(epq_in_urb, GFP_KERNEL)\nexecutes successfully, epq_in_urb is successfully added to the urbp_list\nqueue of the dummy HCD driver (userspace specifies dummy_hcd as the HCD\nlayer driver for the caiaq USB device).\n\nWhen init_card() calls snd_usb_caiaq_send_command() which subsequently\nfails due to a timeout, and proceeds to call snd_card_free() to release\nthe card, the embedded ep1_in_urb object is also freed. When the dummy\nHCD driver detects that the URB has been unlinked, it returns the URB\n(by usb_hcd_giveback_urb()), which triggers [1].\n\nDecouple the ep1_in_urb object from the struct snd_usb_caiaqdev and switch\nto using a pointer instead. Separately allocate and manage the memory for\nep1_in_urb to prevent the release of the snd_card memory object from\ninterfering with it.\n\nmidi_out_urb has the same issue as ep1_in_urb and is handled in the same\nway.\n\n[1]\nBUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in usb_free_urb+0x24/0x120 drivers/usb/core/urb.c:96\nWrite of size 4 at addr ffff88803cee1050 by task ktimers/1/29\nCall Trace:\n usb_free_urb+0x24/0x120 drivers/usb/core/urb.c:96\n dummy_timer+0xaac/0x4d50 drivers/usb/gadget/udc/dummy_hcd.c:2019\n __run_hrtimer kernel/time/hrtimer.c:2067 [inline]\n __hrtimer_run_queues+0x3eb/0xaf0 kernel/time/hrtimer.c:2124\n hrtimer_run_softirq+0x1e1/0x2e0 kernel/time/hrtimer.c:2141\n\nAllocated by task 36:\n snd_card_new+0x7b/0x110 sound/core/init.c:184\n create_card sound/usb/caiaq/device.c:429 [inline]\n snd_probe+0x236/0x1af0 sound/usb/caiaq/device.c:544\n\nFreed by task 36:\n snd_card_free_when_closed sound/core/init.c:630 [inline]\n snd_card_free+0x138/0x1d0 sound/core/init.c:662\n snd_probe+0x162b/0x1af0 sound/usb/caiaq/device.c:553","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":true,"headline":"ALSA: caiaq: Decoupling ep1_in_urb in caiaq dev","id":"CVE-2026-98006","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"use_after_free","year":"2026"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":8,"next":{"headline":"bpf: Reject non-scalar bpf_loop iteration counts","id":"CVE-2026-98007"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"erofs: delimit inode_share cache key components","id":"CVE-2026-98005"},"products":["Linux"],"published":"2026-09-25","related":[],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":null,"exploitation":null,"technical_impact":null},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2026-10-19","vendors":["Linux"]},"summary":"A use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel ALSA caiaq driver allows local attackers to cause a system crash or potentially execute code via USB device interaction.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-98006/"}