Vulnerability in Linux kernel (CVE-2026-98645)
Summary
Vulnerability in Linux kernel (CVE-2026-98645). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
HID: winwing: fix use-after-free in force feedback teardown
winwing_init_ff() passes the driver's private data, allocated with
devm_kzalloc() in winwing_probe(), as the effect context to
input_ff_create_memless(). The memoryless force-feedback core takes
ownership of that pointer and frees it with kfree() from
input_ff_destroy() (ml_ff_destroy()) when the input device is
destroyed.
Freeing a devm-managed allocation with kfree() is an invalid free, and
the same object is then released again by devres when the HID device is
torn down, a double free. As the allocation also embeds the LED class
devices, their timers and work item live on freed memory and the slab
gets corrupted. This triggers on unbind, rmmod, hot-unplug and on system
suspend, where the firmware cache walks the now-corrupt devres list.
KASAN reports:
BUG: KASAN: invalid-free in input_ff_destroy
Allocated by task N:
winwing_probe
Pass NULL as the memless context instead and fetch the driver data from
the input device in winwing_play_effect(): the HID core already stores
the hid_device as the input device's drvdata. The force-feedback core
then owns nothing that it must not free.
Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database NVD GitHub Advisory
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2026-98645 has been found in Linux kernel.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Linux kernel CVE-2026-98645" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2026-98645 (Linux kernel)
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
A vulnerability (unclassified) exists in Linux kernel.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of Linux kernel.
Severity: ?. Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Update to the patched release per vendor advisory.
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Audit SBOM/dependencies to find affected services.
Response actions
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
Audit SBOM/dependencies for affected components.資産台帳・SBOM・依存マニフェストで Linux kernel を使っているサービスとバージョンを洗い出す。
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2Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
Fix status by distribution
Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE
- Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2026-98645 linux Fixed in: 7.2.9-1
References
- web git.kernel.org
- web git.kernel.org
- web nvd.nist.gov
- web github.com