In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: HID: steam: Refactor registration This refactors and simplifies the…
CVE-2026-98944 · GHSA-x6f5-jpm5-3jpm · EUVD-2026-108918 · published 23 Oct 2026
How serious is it
- Severity: high, CVSS score 7.8 out of 10.
- No exploit prediction (EPSS) score yet.
- Not on the CISA list of exploited vulnerabilities.
- No public exploit in Exploit-DB.
Is your app affected by CVE-2026-98944?
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Who is affected
- Linux Linux: 0 <6.18.57
- Linux Linux: patch: 6.6.160
- Linux Linux: 0 <7.2.11
- Linux Linux: 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 <6f9b740c31ba7e061b2ebb330d9a3d63f1358f29
- Linux Linux: 0 <6.6.160
- Linux Linux: patch: 6.18.57
- Linux Linux: patch: 6.12.113
- Linux Linux: 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 <2b15e10aff95c78dbacc4fa32fa90c9098213e03
- Linux Linux: patch: 7.3
- Linux Linux: 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 <3c2f97343d4df2a75747f4c79effa0587509888f
How to check
- Find out whether you run the affected product and which version, then compare it with the versions above.
How to fix
Copies a prompt for Claude Code, Cursor or Codex that asks it to check whether you run this product.
- Apply the vendor's update or mitigation from the references below. If there is none yet, limit exposure of the affected service until there is.
- If a vulnerable version was live, check your logs and rotate the secrets that server could read.
The advisory
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
HID: steam: Refactor registration
This refactors and simplifies the registration/unregistration flow. Since
we now only perform registration when the client isn't opened anymore, the
logic for handling that can be removed, and the rest of the function
streamlined.
We also remove the previous assumption that we have a serial number to show
we're registered, replacing it with a single purpose boolean.
In a previous refactor the code for unregistering a battery if later
registration steps failed was accidentally left out. As a result, a
lingering power_supply object could get left over after the steam object
was torn down. This is also fixed here.
Check your whole app
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References
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/3c2f97343d4df2a75747f4c79effa0587509888f
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/2b15e10aff95c78dbacc4fa32fa90c9098213e03
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/cf71a6ee1d4e36b8e65b81c064e2797a10247280
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/c06cf54fe99b8c6bcf2017bb076c0e3918608cea
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/6f9b740c31ba7e061b2ebb330d9a3d63f1358f29
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-98944
Merged from ENISA EUVD. Last updated 25 Oct 2026. All vulnerabilities · RSS · JSON