In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: HID: steam: Refactor registration This refactors and simplifies the registration/unregistration flow. Since we now only perform registration when the client isn't opened anymore, the logic for handling that can be removed, and the rest of the function streamlined. We also remove the previous assumption that we have a serial number to show we're registered, replacing it with a single purpose boolean. In a previous refactor the code for unregistering a battery if later registration steps failed was accidentally left out. As a result, a lingering power_supply object could get left over after the steam object was torn down. This is also fixed here.

The remote Ubuntu 26.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-9018-1 advisory.

    Several security issues were discovered in the Linux kernel. An attacker could possibly use these to     compromise the system. This update corrects flaws in the following subsystems:

    - Network file systems library;

    - Stream parser;

    - ARM64 architecture;

    - PowerPC architecture;

    - RISC-V architecture;

    - S390 architecture;

    - User-Mode Linux (UML);

    - x86 architecture;

    - Block layer subsystem;

    - Android drivers;

    - Bluetooth drivers;

    - TPM device driver;

    - DPLL subsystem;

    - EDAC drivers;

    - GPIO subsystem;

    - GPU drivers;

    - HID subsystem;

    - IIO subsystem;

    - IIO ADC drivers;

    - InfiniBand drivers;

    - Input Device (Miscellaneous) drivers;

    - Multiple devices driver;

    - MemoryStick subsystem;

    - MMC subsystem;

    - MTD block device drivers;

    - Network drivers;

    - Ethernet bonding driver;

    - Mellanox network drivers;

    - STMicroelectronics network drivers;

    - Ethernet team driver;

    - MediaTek network drivers;

    - NVME drivers;

    - Device tree and open firmware driver;

    - Power sequencing drivers;

    - Voltage and Current Regulator drivers;

    - Real Time Clock drivers;

    - SCSI subsystem;

    - Greybus lights staging drivers;

    - Trusted Execution Environment drivers;

    - Thunderbolt and USB4 drivers;

    - TTY drivers;

    - Cadence USB3 driver;

    - USB Device Class drivers;

    - USB core drivers;

    - DesignWare USB2 driver;

    - DesignWare USB3 driver;

    - USB Gadget drivers;

    - USB Serial drivers;

    - USB Mass Storage drivers;

    - USB Type-C support driver;

    - USB Type-C Port Controller Manager driver;

    - TI TPS6598x USB Power Delivery controller driver;

    - USB Type-C Connector System Software Interface driver;

    - Amazon Nitro Enclaves driver;

    - Virtual machine generation ID driver;

    - BTRFS file system;

    - File systems infrastructure;

    - SMB network file system;

    - XFS file system;

    - BPF subsystem;

    - io_uring subsystem;

    - Netfilter;

    - Namespaces infrastructure;

    - Networking core;

    - Networking subsytem;

    - Virtio network driver;

    - Bluetooth subsystem;

    - IPv4 networking;

    - Network traffic control;

    - Audit subsystem;

    - Control group (cgroup);

    - Perf events;

    - Kernel fork() syscall;

    - Kernel futex primitives;

    - KProbes tracing;

    - Kexec HandOver (KHO);

    - Kernel module support;

    - Tracing infrastructure;

    - Workqueue subsystem;

    - Memory management;

    - Ethernet bridge;

    - Devlink API;

    - IPv6 networking;

    - MAC80211 subsystem;

    - Management Component Transport Protocol (MCTP);

    - Open vSwitch;

    - Packet sockets;

    - SCTP protocol;

    - SMC sockets;

    - TIPC protocol;

    - VMware vSockets driver;

    - Wireless networking;

    - XFRM subsystem;

    - Drivers core;

    - Key management;

    - SELinux security module;

    - ALSA framework;

    - Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi driver;

    - Analog Devices audio codecs;

    - Maxim audio codecs;

    - Realtek audio codecs;

    - QCOM ASoC drivers;

    - Samsung ASoC drivers;

    - SoundWire (SDCA) ASoC drivers;

    - USB sound devices; (CVE-2026-68305, CVE-2026-72404, CVE-2026-72497, CVE-2026-74527, CVE-2026-74568,     CVE-2026-89568, CVE-2026-89764, CVE-2026-89907, CVE-2026-90144, CVE-2026-90155, CVE-2026-90162,     CVE-2026-90167, CVE-2026-90317, CVE-2026-93175, CVE-2026-98038, CVE-2026-98375, CVE-2026-98432,     CVE-2026-98655, CVE-2026-98656, CVE-2026-98657, CVE-2026-98658, CVE-2026-98659, CVE-2026-98660,     CVE-2026-98661, CVE-2026-98662, CVE-2026-98663, CVE-2026-98664, CVE-2026-98665, CVE-2026-98666,     CVE-2026-98667, CVE-2026-98668, CVE-2026-98669, CVE-2026-98670, CVE-2026-98671, CVE-2026-98672,     CVE-2026-98673, CVE-2026-98674, CVE-2026-98675, CVE-2026-98676, CVE-2026-98677, CVE-2026-98678,     CVE-2026-98679, CVE-2026-98680, CVE-2026-98681, CVE-2026-98682, CVE-2026-98683, CVE-2026-98684,     CVE-2026-98685, CVE-2026-98686, CVE-2026-98687, CVE-2026-98689, CVE-2026-98690, CVE-2026-98691,     CVE-2026-98692, CVE-2026-98693, CVE-2026-98694, CVE-2026-98695, CVE-2026-98696, CVE-2026-98697,     CVE-2026-98698, CVE-2026-98699, CVE-2026-98700, CVE-2026-98701, CVE-2026-98702, CVE-2026-98703,     CVE-2026-98704, CVE-2026-98705, CVE-2026-98706, CVE-2026-98707, CVE-2026-98708, CVE-2026-98709,     CVE-2026-98710, CVE-2026-98711, CVE-2026-98712, CVE-2026-98713, CVE-2026-98714, CVE-2026-98715,     CVE-2026-98716, CVE-2026-98717, CVE-2026-98718, CVE-2026-98719, CVE-2026-98720, CVE-2026-98721,     CVE-2026-98722, CVE-2026-98723, CVE-2026-98724, CVE-2026-98725, CVE-2026-98726, CVE-2026-98727,     CVE-2026-98728, CVE-2026-98729, CVE-2026-98730, CVE-2026-98731, CVE-2026-98732, CVE-2026-98733,     CVE-2026-98734, CVE-2026-98735, CVE-2026-98736, CVE-2026-98737, CVE-2026-98738, CVE-2026-98739,     CVE-2026-98740, CVE-2026-98741, CVE-2026-98742, CVE-2026-98743, CVE-2026-98744, CVE-2026-98745,     CVE-2026-98746, CVE-2026-98747, CVE-2026-98748, CVE-2026-98749, CVE-2026-98750, CVE-2026-98751,     CVE-2026-98752, CVE-2026-98753, CVE-2026-98754, CVE-2026-98755, CVE-2026-98756, CVE-2026-98757,     CVE-2026-98758, CVE-2026-98759, CVE-2026-98760, CVE-2026-98761, CVE-2026-98762, CVE-2026-98763,     CVE-2026-98764, CVE-2026-98765, CVE-2026-98766, CVE-2026-98767, CVE-2026-98768, CVE-2026-98769,     CVE-2026-98770, CVE-2026-98771, CVE-2026-98772, CVE-2026-98773, CVE-2026-98774, CVE-2026-98775,     CVE-2026-98776, CVE-2026-98777, CVE-2026-98778, CVE-2026-98779, CVE-2026-98780, CVE-2026-98781,     CVE-2026-98782, CVE-2026-98783, CVE-2026-98784, CVE-2026-98785, CVE-2026-98786, CVE-2026-98788,     CVE-2026-98789, CVE-2026-98790, CVE-2026-98791, CVE-2026-98792, CVE-2026-98793, CVE-2026-98794,     CVE-2026-98795, CVE-2026-98796, CVE-2026-98797, CVE-2026-98798, CVE-2026-98799, CVE-2026-98800,     CVE-2026-98801, CVE-2026-98802, CVE-2026-98803, CVE-2026-98804, CVE-2026-98805, CVE-2026-98806,     CVE-2026-98807, CVE-2026-98808, CVE-2026-98809, CVE-2026-98810, CVE-2026-98811, CVE-2026-98812,     CVE-2026-98813, CVE-2026-98814, CVE-2026-98816, CVE-2026-98817, CVE-2026-98818, CVE-2026-98819,     CVE-2026-98820, CVE-2026-98821, CVE-2026-98822, CVE-2026-98823, CVE-2026-98824, CVE-2026-98825,     CVE-2026-98826, CVE-2026-98827, CVE-2026-98828, CVE-2026-98829, CVE-2026-98830, CVE-2026-98831,     CVE-2026-98833, CVE-2026-98834, CVE-2026-98835, CVE-2026-98836, CVE-2026-98837, CVE-2026-98838,     CVE-2026-98839, CVE-2026-98840, CVE-2026-98841, CVE-2026-98842, CVE-2026-98843, CVE-2026-98844,     CVE-2026-98845, CVE-2026-98846, CVE-2026-98847, CVE-2026-98848, CVE-2026-98849, CVE-2026-98850,     CVE-2026-98851, CVE-2026-98852, CVE-2026-98853, CVE-2026-98854, CVE-2026-98855, CVE-2026-98856,     CVE-2026-98857, CVE-2026-98858, CVE-2026-98859, CVE-2026-98860, CVE-2026-98861, CVE-2026-98862,     CVE-2026-98863, CVE-2026-98931, CVE-2026-98932, CVE-2026-98933, CVE-2026-98934, CVE-2026-98935,     CVE-2026-98936, CVE-2026-98937, CVE-2026-98939, CVE-2026-98940, CVE-2026-98944, CVE-2026-98945,     CVE-2026-98946, CVE-2026-98947, CVE-2026-98948, CVE-2026-98949, CVE-2026-98950, CVE-2026-98951,     CVE-2026-98952, CVE-2026-98953, CVE-2026-98954, CVE-2026-98955, CVE-2026-98956, CVE-2026-98957,     CVE-2026-98958, CVE-2026-98959, CVE-2026-98960, CVE-2026-98961, CVE-2026-98962, CVE-2026-98963,     CVE-2026-98964, CVE-2026-98965, CVE-2026-98966, CVE-2026-98967, CVE-2026-98968, CVE-2026-98969,     CVE-2026-98970, CVE-2026-98971, CVE-2026-98972, CVE-2026-98973, CVE-2026-98974, CVE-2026-98975,     CVE-2026-98977, CVE-2026-98978, CVE-2026-98979, CVE-2026-98980, CVE-2026-98981, CVE-2026-98982,     CVE-2026-98983, CVE-2026-98984, CVE-2026-98985, CVE-2026-98986, CVE-2026-98987, CVE-2026-98988,     CVE-2026-98989, CVE-2026-98990, CVE-2026-98991, CVE-2026-98992, CVE-2026-98993, CVE-2026-98994,     CVE-2026-98995, CVE-2026-98996, CVE-2026-98997, CVE-2026-98999, CVE-2026-99000, CVE-2026-99001,     CVE-2026-99002, CVE-2026-99003, CVE-2026-99004, CVE-2026-99005, CVE-2026-99006, CVE-2026-99007,     CVE-2026-99008, CVE-2026-99009, CVE-2026-99010, CVE-2026-99011, CVE-2026-99012, CVE-2026-99013,     CVE-2026-99014, CVE-2026-99015, CVE-2026-99016, CVE-2026-99017, CVE-2026-99018, CVE-2026-99019,     CVE-2026-99020, CVE-2026-99021, CVE-2026-99022, CVE-2026-99023, CVE-2026-99024, CVE-2026-99025,     CVE-2026-99026, CVE-2026-99027, CVE-2026-99028, CVE-2026-99029, CVE-2026-99030, CVE-2026-99031,     CVE-2026-99032, CVE-2026-99033, CVE-2026-99034, CVE-2026-99035, CVE-2026-99036, CVE-2026-99037,     CVE-2026-99038, CVE-2026-99039, CVE-2026-99040, CVE-2026-99041, CVE-2026-99043, CVE-2026-99044,     CVE-2026-99045, CVE-2026-99046, CVE-2026-99047, CVE-2026-99048, CVE-2026-99049, CVE-2026-99050,     CVE-2026-99051, CVE-2026-99052, CVE-2026-99053, CVE-2026-99054, CVE-2026-99055, CVE-2026-99056,     CVE-2026-99057, CVE-2026-99058, CVE-2026-99059, CVE-2026-99060, CVE-2026-99061, CVE-2026-99062,     CVE-2026-99063, CVE-2026-99064, CVE-2026-99065, CVE-2026-99066, CVE-2026-99067, CVE-2026-99068,     CVE-2026-99069, CVE-2026-99070, CVE-2026-99071, CVE-2026-99072, CVE-2026-99073, CVE-2026-99074,     CVE-2026-99075, CVE-2026-99076, CVE-2026-99077, CVE-2026-99078, CVE-2026-99079, CVE-2026-99080,     CVE-2026-99081, CVE-2026-99088, CVE-2026-99089, CVE-2026-99090, CVE-2026-99091, CVE-2026-99092,     CVE-2026-99093, CVE-2026-99094, CVE-2026-99095, CVE-2026-99096, CVE-2026-99097, CVE-2026-99098,     CVE-2026-99099, CVE-2026-99999)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

An update of the linux package has been released.

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - HID: steam: Refactor registration This refactors and simplifies the registration/unregistration flow.
    Since we now only perform registration when the client isn't opened anymore, the logic for handling that     can be removed, and the rest of the function streamlined. We also remove the previous assumption that we     have a serial number to show we're registered, replacing it with a single purpose boolean. In a previous     refactor the code for unregistering a battery if later registration steps failed was accidentally left     out. As a result, a lingering power_supply object could get left over after the steam object was torn     down. This is also fixed here. (CVE-2026-98944)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Type	Severity
381339	Ubuntu 26.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-9018-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	Local	critical
375086	Photon OS 5.0: Linux PHSA-2026-5.0-92-1044	Nessus	PhotonOS Local Security Checks	Local	critical
371544	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-98944	Nessus	Misc.	Local	high

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