---
id: CVE-2026-98411
title: |-
  In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

  power: sequencing: fix NULL-pointer dereference in pwrseq_device_register()

  If dev_set_name() fails in pwrseq_device_register(), we jump to the
  err_put_pwrseq label be…
summary: |-
  In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

  power: sequencing: fix NULL-pointer dereference in pwrseq_device_register()

  If dev_set_name() fails in pwrseq_device_register(), we jump to the
  err_put_pwrseq label be…
severity: medium
published: '2026-10-14'
updated: '2026-10-14'
sourceUpdated: '2026-10-14T14:17:52.323'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-98411'
references:
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/242da4318d97380741516b595af3920207b2f0f1'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a2890c1eb96d1dd0bec1cce5fbc4ed5af1dfd55d'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a2fb51ec8920279e9e908010f37b448775f42eff'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/efe21a5c5bfe23bd30a8e4ba4e2b04ae265348bb'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: >-
      https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-98411.json
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-98411'
  - url: 'https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2552221'
  - url: 'https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-98411'
  - url: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-98411'
  - url: >-
      https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/security/vulns.git/plain/cve/published/2026/CVE-2026-98411.mbox
tags:
  - nvd
  - cve.org
  - csaf
  - vex
  - red-hat
ingestedAt: '2026-10-14T15:36:13.984Z'
vendor: Linux
product: Linux
affected:
  - >-
    Linux >= 249ebf3f65f8530beb2cbfb91bff1d83ba88d23c <
    a2fb51ec8920279e9e908010f37b448775f42eff
  - >-
    Linux >= 249ebf3f65f8530beb2cbfb91bff1d83ba88d23c <
    a2890c1eb96d1dd0bec1cce5fbc4ed5af1dfd55d
  - >-
    Linux >= 249ebf3f65f8530beb2cbfb91bff1d83ba88d23c <
    efe21a5c5bfe23bd30a8e4ba4e2b04ae265348bb
  - >-
    Linux >= 249ebf3f65f8530beb2cbfb91bff1d83ba88d23c <
    242da4318d97380741516b595af3920207b2f0f1
  - Linux 6.11
cvss: 4.1
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'
cvssSource: vendor
cwe:
  - CWE-476
epss: 0.00209
epssPercentile: 0.11004
---

## Overview

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

power: sequencing: fix NULL-pointer dereference in pwrseq_device_register()

If dev_set_name() fails in pwrseq_device_register(), we jump to the
err_put_pwrseq label before initializing pwrseq->targets.
pwrseq_release() will try to iterate over targets unconditionally and
subsequently dereference an invalid pointer. Move the call to
dev_set_name() after the list head is initialized.

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.

## Vendor advisories

- **Red Hat VEX** · Moderate · affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 · no fix planned: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 · updated 2026-10-18 · [vex](https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-98411.json)