# CVE-2026-98945: HID: steam: Rearrange teardown sequence

- Also known as: EUVD-2026-108919, GHSA-FHX7-57XW-QFJC
- Severity: CVSS 7.8 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 6.6.160, 6.12.113, 6.18.57, 7.2.11
- Published: 2026-10-23 · Updated: 2026-10-26

## Affected

- Linux: from 9cd61c8179781344315c2a9816977ea415c5459e, fixed in d2587923d50c8b141ce0ccb284c714cf6054d6a7; from 9cd61c8179781344315c2a9816977ea415c5459e, fixed in 81a8209c09f9be7eef860ca6cc154749a6b4d243; from 9cd61c8179781344315c2a9816977ea415c5459e, fixed in 86724f4bcf6049c3a322f7a7b1f968210059c46a; from 9cd61c8179781344315c2a9816977ea415c5459e, fixed in b5ea938ff776306798d3a11485c2475034f92131; from 9cd61c8179781344315c2a9816977ea415c5459e, fixed in ddce9641ce924ed91ec8304577e463823a29ffaf
- Linux: 6.3
- Kernel (Linux): fixed in 6.6.160; from 6.7.0, fixed in 6.12.113; from 6.13.0, fixed in 6.18.57; from 6.19.0, fixed in 7.2.11

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: HID: steam: Rearrange teardown sequence This fixes a narrow window during the teardown sequence where callbacks could still be scheduled during cleanup that would then have a dangling pointer to the now-freed steam struct. This also puts work canceling for rumble and mode switch in steam_unregister, as that shouldn't persist while the client hdev is open.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Linux kernel, upgrade to a fixed version (6.6.160, 6.12.113, 6.18.57, 7.2.11) per the references below.
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## Related

- Browse: [Linux kernel](https://cve.now/tech/linux-kernel.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d2587923d50c8b141ce0ccb284c714cf6054d6a7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/81a8209c09f9be7eef860ca6cc154749a6b4d243
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/86724f4bcf6049c3a322f7a7b1f968210059c46a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b5ea938ff776306798d3a11485c2475034f92131
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ddce9641ce924ed91ec8304577e463823a29ffaf

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