{"answers":{"affected":"","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-98944 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"Upgrade to a fixed version.","what":"CVE-2026-98944 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux, published on 23 Oct 2026."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2026-98944 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2026-98944 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux, published on 23 Oct 2026. \nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-98944 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-2026-98944/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-98944/index.md)","id":"CVE-2026-98944","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-98944/index.md","name":"CVE-2026-98944","record":{"aliases":["AZL-110741","BELL-CVE-2026-98944","DEBIAN-CVE-2026-98944","GHSA-x6f5-jpm5-3jpm","UBUNTU-CVE-2026-98944"],"analysis":null,"analysis_generated_by":null,"assigner":"Linux","cpe":[],"cvss":{"score":7.8,"severity":"high","source":"cna","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[],"description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nHID: steam: Refactor registration\n\nThis refactors and simplifies the registration/unregistration flow. Since\nwe now only perform registration when the client isn't opened anymore, the\nlogic for handling that can be removed, and the rest of the function\nstreamlined.\n\nWe also remove the previous assumption that we have a serial number to show\nwe're registered, replacing it with a single purpose boolean.\n\nIn a previous refactor the code for unregistering a battery if later\nregistration steps failed was accidentally left out. As a result, a\nlingering power_supply object could get left over after the steam object\nwas torn down. This is also fixed here.","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: steam: Refactor registration","id":"CVE-2026-98944","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":null,"year":"2026"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":5,"next":{"headline":"HID: steam: Rearrange teardown sequence","id":"CVE-2026-98945"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"This CVE ID has been rejected or withdrawn by its CVE Numbering Authority.","id":"CVE-2026-98943"},"products":["Linux"],"published":"2026-10-23","related":[],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":null,"exploitation":null,"technical_impact":null},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2026-10-26","vendors":["Linux"]},"summary":null,"url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-98944/"}