CVEvulnerability
CVE-2026-80572
7.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Received
- Published
- 2026-08-26
- Last modified
- 2026-10-16
- 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: byd - synchronize timer deletion before freeing private data
byd_disconnect() uses timer_delete() before freeing the driver's private
data. This does not wait for a running byd_clear_touch() callback, which
dereferences the private data and its psmouse pointer. A callback racing
with disconnect can therefore access the private data after it has been
freed. The timer can also still be re-armed by byd_process_byte() while
the disconnect is in progress.
Use timer_shutdown_sync() before freeing the private data: it waits for
a running callback and turns any later re-arm attempt into a no-op.
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/28d984a66b9e14be74986167b6ad40b5e0daf19a git.kernel.org
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2e509ef60ee41a2da0deb062c262bb530143fb37 git.kernel.org
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/84b205297fa15f97510342221d8c9a0119711478 git.kernel.org
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8dbfd8e32a13e116790780ed0be82b5a05eb9916 git.kernel.org
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c83e79c0842ed29860648bcce5022ef0ba5001c6 git.kernel.org
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ee944a706a18322b4a2599eebe8040a2994e928f git.kernel.org