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    "id": "CVE-2026-98696",
    "sourceURL": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-98696",
    "idYear": 2026,
    "status": "PUBLISHED",
    "publishedAt": "2026-10-18T15:46:20.399Z",
    "updatedAt": "2026-10-21T12:55:45.691Z",
    "importedAt": "2026-10-24T01:58:41.756Z",
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      "source": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/releases/tag/cve_2026-10-24_0100Z"
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      "title": "USB: serial: fix driver deregistration order",
      "summary": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nUSB: serial: fix driver deregistration order\n\nUSB serial driver modules register one driver for the USB bus and one or\nmore drivers for the ports on the USB serial bus.\n\nWhen unloading a driver module, the USB driver must be deregistered\nbefore the USB serial bus drivers so that I/O is stopped before\nunbinding the ports to avoid use-after-free in completion handlers\naccessing port data.\n\nNote that the \"new_id\" attributes must first be removed to prevent new\nids from being added and triggering a probe of the USB driver after it\nhas been deregistered.",
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