{"answers":{"affected":"","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-98773 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"Apply the vendor's patch.","what":"CVE-2026-98773 is an use after free 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-2026-98773 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2026-98773 is an use after free 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-2026-98773 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-2026-98773/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-98773/index.md)","id":"CVE-2026-98773","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-98773/index.md","name":"CVE-2026-98773","record":{"aliases":["AZL-108779","BELL-CVE-2026-98773","DEBIAN-CVE-2026-98773","GHSA-fp39-rj9v-7xc4","UBUNTU-CVE-2026-98773"],"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 USB driver","requires_auth":"none","summary":"A use-after-free in the Linux kernel cdc-acm driver allows local attackers to execute code or cause a denial of service via USB device disconnection.","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\nUSB: cdc-acm: skip URB restart in port_shutdown if disconnected\n\nacm_port_shutdown() is called from the tty-port machinery whenever the\nlast user closes the port.  acm_disconnect() sets acm-\u003edisconnected and\ncalls tty_port_tty_vhangup(), which eventually triggers port_shutdown().\nAt that point acm_disconnect() has already called acm_poison_urbs() and\nis about to free the control and read URBs.\n\nHowever, acm_port_shutdown() unconditionally calls acm_unpoison_urbs()\nand, when the ALWAYS_POLL_CTRL quirk is set, immediately re-submits the\nctrlurb and all read URBs.  If the concurrent acm_disconnect() then\nfrees those URBs and their DMA buffers while they are in-flight, the\nresult is a use-after-free in acm_ctrl_irq() or acm_read_bulk_callback()\naccessing the freed DMA memory.\n\nFix by checking acm-\u003edisconnected after draining the delayed anchor and\nreturning early: if we are in a disconnect path the URBs must remain\npoisoned and must not be resubmitted.\n\nThe early return is placed after the delayed-anchor drain loop because\nthat loop only cancels write-side accounting (wb-\u003euse = false and\nautopm counter) and does not touch the hardware path.","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":"USB: cdc-acm: skip URB restart in port_shutdown if disconnected","id":"CVE-2026-98773","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"use_after_free","year":"2026"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":5,"next":{"headline":"rust_binder: cancel deferred work items in thread exit","id":"CVE-2026-98774"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"USB: serial: fix port tear down use-after-free","id":"CVE-2026-98772"},"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 use-after-free in the Linux kernel cdc-acm driver allows local attackers to execute code or cause a denial of service via USB device disconnection.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-98773/"}