{"dataType":"CVE_RECORD","dataVersion":"5.2","cveMetadata":{"cveId":"CVE-2026-68361","assignerOrgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","state":"PUBLISHED","assignerShortName":"Linux","dateReserved":"2026-07-30T09:28:09.385Z","datePublished":"2026-08-10T12:03:38.332Z","dateUpdated":"2026-08-19T16:34:13.231Z"},"containers":{"cna":{"providerMetadata":{"orgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","shortName":"Linux","dateUpdated":"2026-08-19T16:34:13.231Z"},"descriptions":[{"lang":"en","value":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nhwmon: (corsair-psu) Stop device IO before calling hid_hw_stop\n\nhid_hw_stop() does not stop the device IO.\n\nThis results in a race condition between hid_input_report() and the point\nimmediately following the execution of hid_device_io_start() within\ncorsairpsu_probe(). If the probe operation fails after \"io start\" has\nbeen initiated, this race condition will result in a uaf vulnerability\n[1].\n\nCPU0\t\t\t\tCPU1\n====\t\t\t\t====\ncorsairpsu_probe()\n hid_device_io_start()\n  ... unlock driver_input_lock\n hid_hw_stop()\n  kfree(hidraw)\t\t\t__hid_input_report()\n\t\t\t\t ... acquire driver_input_lock\n\t\t\t\t hid_report_raw_event()\n\t\t\t\t  hidraw_report_event()\n\t\t\t\t   ... access hidraw's list_lock // trigger uaf\n\nConsequently, when corsairpsu_probe() fails and hid_hw_stop() needs to\nbe executed, the io_started flag is first cleared while holding the\ndriver_input_lock to prevent potential race conditions involving input\nreports.\n\n[1]\nBUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in rt_spin_lock+0x83/0x400 kernel/locking/spinlock_rt.c:56\nCall Trace:\n hidraw_report_event+0x5d/0x3a0 drivers/hid/hidraw.c:577\n hid_report_raw_event+0x311/0x1730 drivers/hid/hid-core.c:2076\n __hid_input_report drivers/hid/hid-core.c:2152 [inline]\n hid_input_report+0x44e/0x580 drivers/hid/hid-core.c:2174\n hid_irq_in+0x47e/0x6d0 drivers/hid/usbhid/hid-core.c:286\n __usb_hcd_giveback_urb+0x3b3/0x5e0 drivers/usb/core/hcd.c:1657\n dummy_timer+0x8a9/0x47d0 drivers/usb/gadget/udc/dummy_hcd.c:2005\n\nAllocated by task 10:\n hidraw_connect+0x57/0x430 drivers/hid/hidraw.c:606\n hid_connect+0x5bf/0x19d0 drivers/hid/hid-core.c:2277\n hid_hw_start+0xa8/0x120 drivers/hid/hid-core.c:2387\n corsairpsu_probe+0xd9/0x3c0 drivers/hwmon/corsair-psu.c:782\n\nFreed by task 10:\n hidraw_disconnect+0x4f/0x60 drivers/hid/hidraw.c:662\n hid_disconnect drivers/hid/hid-core.c:2362 [inline]\n hid_hw_stop+0x101/0x1e0 drivers/hid/hid-core.c:2407\n corsairpsu_probe+0x327/0x3c0 drivers/hwmon/corsair-psu.c:826\n\nFix the problem by calling hid_device_io_stop() before calling\nhid_hw_stop().\n\n[groeck: Updated subject and description;\n call hid_device_io_stop() only if IO has been 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