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    "id": "CVE-2026-98747",
    "sourceURL": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-98747",
    "idYear": 2026,
    "status": "PUBLISHED",
    "publishedAt": "2026-10-18T15:47:32.607Z",
    "updatedAt": "2026-10-19T09:24:59.721Z",
    "importedAt": "2026-10-24T01:58:41.756Z",
    "snapshot": {
      "id": "cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline",
      "at": "2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z",
      "source": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/releases/tag/cve_2026-10-24_0100Z"
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    "facts": {
      "title": "serial: core: fix NULL pointer dereference in serial_core_unregister_port()",
      "summary": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nserial: core: fix NULL pointer dereference in serial_core_unregister_port()\n\nport->port_dev is NULL when no port device is installed: it is cleared\non teardown, and never set if registration failed before\nserial_core_port_device_add().  serial_core_unregister_port() passes it\nstraight to serial_core_get_ctrl_dev(), which dereferences it:\n\n  KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x0000000000000040-0x0000000000000047]\n  RIP: serial_core_unregister_port\n  Call Trace:\n   serial8250_unregister_port\n   serial8250_remove\n   unbind_store\n\nReturn early when there is no port device, and read port->port_dev\nunder port_mutex.\n\nAlso clear port->port_dev on the serial_core_register_port() error\npath, where the port device has already been removed.",
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              "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix",
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