CVEvulnerability
CVE-2026-80559
7.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Received
- Published
- 2026-08-26
- Last modified
- 2026-08-27
- Assigner
- 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
- CVSS 3.1 (416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67)
- 7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
Input: sur40 - fix input device registration ordering
In sur40_probe(), input_register_device() was previously called early before
the V4L2 video device and vb2_queue components were fully initialized. If
userspace opened the input device immediately upon registration, sur40_open()
would trigger and start the sur40_poll() worker thread. This worker thread
invokes sur40_process_video() and accesses the uninitialized vb2_queue
structure, leading to a data race and potential system crash.
Furthermore, if V4L2 or video registration failed after input_register_device()
succeeded, the error path fell through to calling input_free_device() on a
successfully registered device instead of input_unregister_device(), corrupting
input core state.
Move input_register_device() to the very end of sur40_probe(). This ensures
the V4L2 and video queue structures are fully initialized before polling can
start, and naturally resolves the error path bug since input_free_device()
is now only called when input registration has not yet occurred.
To maintain strict LIFO (Last-In, First-Out) teardown ordering, also move
input_unregister_device() to the very beginning of sur40_disconnect(). This
guarantees that the input polling worker thread is stopped before V4L2
video components or control handlers are unregistered.
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3e8ed76a4f3572e637653f0654cccdf617903231 git.kernel.org
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5c1c5227c93f18cd329dd754b4df5e0e2daece1e git.kernel.org
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/764b507be7b51787e1f577ca3bf0bab7efe81ff8 git.kernel.org
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/83aa12f9f2468a4fbef027c09224dc1011850fb0 git.kernel.org
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9da976eb649c9e2f588a4499410e4d8af687925f git.kernel.org
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/beb9b0bd6e6e23f5e9e42b7ef890a50f57f1f3aa git.kernel.org
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cd4ecce2fd87760c0ad9a9d28c9fc62ea1dbfd3d git.kernel.org
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dab741c9da72102a37cc1020a929051b7c45f9fb git.kernel.org