{"dataType":"CVE_RECORD","dataVersion":"5.2","cveMetadata":{"cveId":"CVE-2026-98502","assignerOrgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","state":"PUBLISHED","assignerShortName":"Linux","dateReserved":"2026-09-25T10:25:14.353Z","datePublished":"2026-10-18T15:16:51.221Z","dateUpdated":"2026-10-21T12:55:15.605Z"},"containers":{"cna":{"providerMetadata":{"orgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","shortName":"Linux","dateUpdated":"2026-10-21T12:55:15.605Z"},"descriptions":[{"lang":"en","value":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nHID: alps: unregister DualPoint Stick input device on remove\n\nalps_input_configured() allocates a second input device (\"DualPoint\nStick\") with input_allocate_device() and registers it, but the\nalps_driver struct has no .remove handler and input2 is not tracked in\nhdev->inputs.  The default remove path (hid_hw_stop -> hidinput_disconnect)\nonly iterates hdev->inputs, so input2 is never unregistered and leaks\non every device removal.\n\nAdd a .remove handler that stops the device first (preventing URB\ncallbacks from touching input2 during teardown) and then unregisters\ninput2."}],"affected":[{"product":"Linux","vendor":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["drivers/hid/hid-alps.c"],"versions":[{"version":"2562756dde550901c224e3805102bdfc17e7d13a","lessThan":"bd9571812d02242b6bba2637fba924a78a5c6fa8","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"2562756dde550901c224e3805102bdfc17e7d13a","lessThan":"1170ebfba562b3938ff7749b2e42e4420f19436d","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"2562756dde550901c224e3805102bdfc17e7d13a","lessThan":"aa4845a710ae9fee6a3831f5c338904cea77c3aa","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"2562756dde550901c224e3805102bdfc17e7d13a","lessThan":"978e801750c7b0859e87eae619f7d88fcd88333e","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"2562756dde550901c224e3805102bdfc17e7d13a","lessThan":"aa9dde93e05a837645fdfd577eea71f0733f0694","status":"affected","versionType":"git"}]},{"product":"Linux","vendor":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["drivers/hid/hid-alps.c"],"versions":[{"version":"4.8","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","lessThan":"4.8","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.6.160","lessThanOrEqual":"6.6.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.12.112","lessThanOrEqual":"6.12.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.18.55","lessThanOrEqual":"6.18.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"7.2.9","lessThanOrEqual":"7.2.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"7.3","lessThanOrEqual":"*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix"}]}],"cpeApplicability":[{"nodes":[{"operator":"OR","negate":false,"cpeMatch":[{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"4.8","versionEndExcluding":"6.6.160"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"4.8","versionEndExcluding":"6.12.112"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"4.8","versionEndExcluding":"6.18.55"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"4.8","versionEndExcluding":"7.2.9"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"4.8","versionEndExcluding":"7.3"}]}]}],"references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bd9571812d02242b6bba2637fba924a78a5c6fa8"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1170ebfba562b3938ff7749b2e42e4420f19436d"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/aa4845a710ae9fee6a3831f5c338904cea77c3aa"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/978e801750c7b0859e87eae619f7d88fcd88333e"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/aa9dde93e05a837645fdfd577eea71f0733f0694"}],"title":"HID: alps: unregister DualPoint Stick input device on remove","x_generator":{"engine":"bippy-1.2.0"}}}}