---
id: "CVE-2026-98768"
kind: "vulnerability"
aliases: ["CVE-2026-98768"]
title: "Linux kernel: anx7411 USB-C driver can queue work after teardown"
severity: "unknown"
cvss: null
epss: null
exploited: false
status: "open"
category: "infrastructure"
products: []
ecosystems: []
tags: ["embedded-hardware", "infrastructure", "linux-kernel", "usb-typec"]
not_affected_if: ["driver-not-loaded"]
published_at: "2026-10-18T16:17:30+00:00"
first_seen_at: "2026-10-23T21:57:16+00:00"
updated_at: "2026-10-25T05:16:41+00:00"
sources: [{"source": "nvd", "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-98768", "first_seen_at": "2026-10-23T21:57:16+00:00"}]
---

# Linux kernel: anx7411 USB-C driver can queue work after teardown

In the Linux kernel's ANX7411 USB Type-C driver, the interrupt handler can still schedule work while the driver is being removed, because the interrupt was not disabled before its workqueue was destroyed. The sources do not describe a concrete attacker outcome, so this reads as a driver teardown race fixed in the kernel.

_Summary, check and fix written by a model from the sources; labelled as such._

## How to check

- `uname -r` to see the running kernel version
- `lsmod | grep anx7411` to check whether the anx7411 Type-C driver is loaded
- unknown whether the sources list affected kernel version ranges

## Fix

- Update to a Linux kernel release that includes the upstream fix (the sources do not list fixed version numbers)
- unknown which distribution kernel package carries the fix

## Timeline

- 2026-10-23T21:57:16+00:00 nvd https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-98768

## From the sources

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

usb: typec: anx7411 - stop the IRQ before destroying the workqueue

The IRQ is devm-managed, so it can still queue plat->work while
remove() is tearing the queue down. Disable it first.

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