Vulnerability in Linux

CVE-2026-97987

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

virtio_input: reset device if input_register_device() fails

Probe marks the device DRIVER_OK with virtio_device_ready() before
calling input_register_device(). If registration fails, the error path
cleared vi->ready and called del_vqs() while the device was still live,
so the device could keep DMA to queues that were already torn down.

Match remove/freeze: call virtio_reset_device() on that path before
tearing down the virtqueues.

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EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS 0.002, 6.7th percentile (scored ); unchanged over 30 days. About EPSS.

Affected products

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