{"dataType":"CVE_RECORD","dataVersion":"5.2","cveMetadata":{"cveId":"CVE-2026-97987","assignerOrgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","state":"PUBLISHED","assignerShortName":"Linux","dateReserved":"2026-09-25T10:18:58.209Z","datePublished":"2026-09-25T10:23:21.388Z","dateUpdated":"2026-10-03T11:01:17.291Z"},"containers":{"cna":{"providerMetadata":{"orgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","shortName":"Linux","dateUpdated":"2026-10-03T11:01:17.291Z"},"descriptions":[{"lang":"en","value":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nvirtio_input: reset device if input_register_device() fails\n\nProbe marks the device DRIVER_OK with virtio_device_ready() before\ncalling input_register_device(). If registration fails, the error path\ncleared vi->ready and called del_vqs() while the device was still live,\nso the device could keep DMA to queues that were already torn down.\n\nMatch remove/freeze: call virtio_reset_device() on that path before\ntearing down the virtqueues."}],"affected":[{"product":"Linux","vendor":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["drivers/virtio/virtio_input.c"],"versions":[{"version":"271c865161c57cfabca45b93eaa712b19da365bc","lessThan":"087b9ee4d36968329c846e6846e4e50f66532888","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"271c865161c57cfabca45b93eaa712b19da365bc","lessThan":"16c90260ae7ae32d7ac9128fb5da404c37154765","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"271c865161c57cfabca45b93eaa712b19da365bc","lessThan":"9a7e107734137f098f9b81e5615aa5a02c5395c7","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"271c865161c57cfabca45b93eaa712b19da365bc","lessThan":"8407da8974326c1ffdfe6a5a9bfc8fed3212bbdf","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"271c865161c57cfabca45b93eaa712b19da365bc","lessThan":"668ebfea7ba623450b12fdeaa0d080464d0c0a14","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"271c865161c57cfabca45b93eaa712b19da365bc","lessThan":"81489b32a21c9360f8750d1fb600155d27452e19","status":"affected","versionType":"git"}]},{"product":"Linux","vendor":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["drivers/virtio/virtio_input.c"],"versions":[{"version":"4.1","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","lessThan":"4.1","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.1.189","lessThanOrEqual":"6.1.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.6.158","lessThanOrEqual":"6.6.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.12.111","lessThanOrEqual":"6.12.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.18.53","lessThanOrEqual":"6.18.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"7.2.7","lessThanOrEqual":"7.2.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"7.3-rc3","lessThanOrEqual":"*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix"}]}],"cpeApplicability":[{"nodes":[{"operator":"OR","negate":false,"cpeMatch":[{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"4.1","versionEndExcluding":"6.1.189"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"4.1","versionEndExcluding":"6.6.158"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"4.1","versionEndExcluding":"6.12.111"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"4.1","versionEndExcluding":"6.18.53"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"4.1","versionEndExcluding":"7.2.7"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"4.1","versionEndExcluding":"7.3-rc3"}]}]}],"references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/087b9ee4d36968329c846e6846e4e50f66532888"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/16c90260ae7ae32d7ac9128fb5da404c37154765"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9a7e107734137f098f9b81e5615aa5a02c5395c7"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8407da8974326c1ffdfe6a5a9bfc8fed3212bbdf"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/668ebfea7ba623450b12fdeaa0d080464d0c0a14"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/81489b32a21c9360f8750d1fb600155d27452e19"}],"title":"virtio_input: reset device if input_register_device() fails","x_generator":{"engine":"bippy-1.2.0"}}}}