---
id: "CVE-2026-98817"
kind: "vulnerability"
aliases: ["CVE-2026-98817"]
title: "Linux kernel: SDCA audio probe leaves runtime PM reference unbalanced on error"
severity: "unknown"
cvss: null
epss: null
exploited: false
status: "open"
category: "infrastructure"
products: []
ecosystems: []
tags: ["audio", "infrastructure", "kernel", "linux"]
not_affected_if: []
published_at: "2026-10-18T16:17:35+00:00"
first_seen_at: "2026-10-23T21:57:17+00:00"
updated_at: "2026-10-25T05:14:44+00:00"
sources: [{"source": "nvd", "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-98817", "first_seen_at": "2026-10-23T21:57:17+00:00"}]
---

# Linux kernel: SDCA audio probe leaves runtime PM reference unbalanced on error

The Linux kernel's ASoC SDCA audio function probe lacked a common error path, so a failed probe could leave a runtime power management reference unreleased. The sources do not describe any attacker-reachable effect beyond this resource handling bug.

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

## How to check

- unknown

## Fix

- unknown

## Timeline

- 2026-10-23T21:57:17+00:00 nvd https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-98817

## From the sources

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

ASoC: SDCA: Add better pm_runtime error handling in func probe

Add a common error path in probe that balances the runtime PM reference.

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