CVE-2026-97541

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

wifi: ath9k_htc: don't store usb_device_id

usb_device_id is not guaranteed to live longer than probe due to presence of dynamic ID. All information apart from driver_data can be easily retrieved from usb_device, so just store driver_data.

Affected Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
LinuxLinux1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 < 8e70a6785bd02cf9ef7fd21ebccf46a8ba23014eaffected
LinuxLinux1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 < 9d5e396578097d02e859798207db41ed4b831f50affected
LinuxLinux1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 < c34aa59950597e3360e9cef9d08cdf4edb30ad4daffected
LinuxLinux1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 < 14d2ac442d660e112efc0ce87ad10085013ed2b1affected
LinuxLinux0 < 6.12.111affected
LinuxLinux0 < 6.18.53affected
LinuxLinux0 < 7.2.7affected
LinuxLinux6.12.111 <= 6.12.*unaffected
LinuxLinux6.18.53 <= 6.18.*unaffected
LinuxLinux7.2.7 <= 7.2.*unaffected
LinuxLinux7.3-rc1 <= *unaffected

Weaknesses

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