{"answers":{"affected":"","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-98502 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"Apply the vendor's patch.","what":"CVE-2026-98502 is a memory corruption vulnerability in Linux, published on 18 Oct 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-2026-98502 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2026-98502 is a memory corruption vulnerability in Linux, published on 18 Oct 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-2026-98502 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-2026-98502/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-98502/index.md)","id":"CVE-2026-98502","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-98502/index.md","name":"CVE-2026-98502","record":{"aliases":["AZL-108611","BELL-CVE-2026-98502","DEBIAN-CVE-2026-98502","GHSA-79qw-7wgp-r9xr","UBUNTU-CVE-2026-98502"],"analysis":{"component_type":"kernel","fix_type":"patch","impacts":["denial_of_service"],"network_reachable":"adjacent_or_local","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"Linux kernel driver","requires_auth":"none","summary":"A missing unregister handler in the Alps HID driver causes a memory leak on device removal, potentially leading to denial of service.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"memory_corruption"},"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\nHID: alps: unregister DualPoint Stick input device on remove\n\nalps_input_configured() allocates a second input device (\"DualPoint\nStick\") with input_allocate_device() and registers it, but the\nalps_driver struct has no .remove handler and input2 is not tracked in\nhdev-\u003einputs.  The default remove path (hid_hw_stop -\u003e hidinput_disconnect)\nonly iterates hdev-\u003einputs, so input2 is never unregistered and leaks\non every device removal.\n\nAdd a .remove handler that stops the device first (preventing URB\ncallbacks from touching input2 during teardown) and then unregisters\ninput2.","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":"HID: alps: unregister DualPoint Stick input device on remove","id":"CVE-2026-98502","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"memory_corruption","year":"2026"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":5,"next":{"headline":"packet: use ubuf_info completion for TX_RING packets","id":"CVE-2026-98503"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"HID: alps: fix use-after-free on input2 registration failure","id":"CVE-2026-98501"},"products":["Linux"],"published":"2026-10-18","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":"2026-10-21","vendors":["Linux"]},"summary":"A missing unregister handler in the Alps HID driver causes a memory leak on device removal, potentially leading to denial of service.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-98502/"}