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FKIE_CVE-2026-31667

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-04-24 15:16 - Updated: 2026-10-19 19:18

Severity

7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Input: uinput - fix circular locking dependency with ff-core A lockdep circular locking dependency warning can be triggered reproducibly when using a force-feedback gamepad with uinput (for example, playing ELDEN RING under Wine with a Flydigi Vader 5 controller): ff->mutex -> udev->mutex -> input_mutex -> dev->mutex -> ff->mutex The cycle is caused by four lock acquisition paths: 1. ff upload: input_ff_upload() holds ff->mutex and calls uinput_dev_upload_effect() -> uinput_request_submit() -> uinput_request_send(), which acquires udev->mutex. 2. device create: uinput_ioctl_handler() holds udev->mutex and calls uinput_create_device() -> input_register_device(), which acquires input_mutex. 3. device register: input_register_device() holds input_mutex and calls kbd_connect() -> input_register_handle(), which acquires dev->mutex. 4. evdev release: evdev_release() calls input_flush_device() under dev->mutex, which calls input_ff_flush() acquiring ff->mutex. Fix this by introducing a new state_lock spinlock to protect udev->state and udev->dev access in uinput_request_send() instead of acquiring udev->mutex. The function only needs to atomically check device state and queue an input event into the ring buffer via uinput_dev_event() -- both operations are safe under a spinlock (ktime_get_ts64() and wake_up_interruptible() do not sleep). This breaks the ff->mutex -> udev->mutex link since a spinlock is a leaf in the lock ordering and cannot form cycles with mutexes. To keep state transitions visible to uinput_request_send(), protect writes to udev->state in uinput_create_device() and uinput_destroy_device() with the same state_lock spinlock. Additionally, move init_completion(&request->done) from uinput_request_send() to uinput_request_submit() before uinput_request_reserve_slot(). Once the slot is allocated, uinput_flush_requests() may call complete() on it at any time from the destroy path, so the completion must be initialised before the request becomes visible. Lock ordering after the fix: ff->mutex -> state_lock (spinlock, leaf) udev->mutex -> state_lock (spinlock, leaf) udev->mutex -> input_mutex -> dev->mutex -> ff->mutex (no back-edge)

References

URL	Tags
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1534661043c434b81cfde26b97a2fb2460329cf0	Patch
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1e09dfbb4f5d20ee111f92325a00f85778a5f328	Patch
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/271ee71a1917b89f6d73ec82dd091c33d92ee617	Patch
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4cda78d6f8bf2b700529f2fbccb994c3e826d7c2	Patch
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/546c18a14924eb521fe168d916d7ce28f1e13c1d	Patch
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/71a9729f412e2c692a35c542e14b706fb342927f	Patch
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/974f7b138c3a96dd5cd53d1b33409cd7b2229dc6	Patch
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a3d6c9c053c9c605651508569230ead633b13f76	Patch

Impacted products

Vendor	Product	Version
linux	linux_kernel	*
linux	linux_kernel	*
linux	linux_kernel	*
linux	linux_kernel	*
linux	linux_kernel	*
linux	linux_kernel	*
linux	linux_kernel	*
linux	linux_kernel	2.6.19
linux	linux_kernel	7.0
linux	linux_kernel	7.0
linux	linux_kernel	7.0
linux	linux_kernel	7.0
linux	linux_kernel	7.0
linux	linux_kernel	7.0
linux	linux_kernel	7.0

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CVE-2026-31667 (GCVE-0-2026-31667)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-04-24 14:45 – Updated: 2026-10-19 18:56

Title

Input: uinput - fix circular locking dependency with ff-core

Summary

Severity

7.8 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2026-10-16 15:11 UTC

CWE

CWE-362 - Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')

Assigner

Linux CNA under the mitre root

CNA scorecard D 53/100 over 7033 records in the last 180 days details

References

8 references

URL	Tags
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/71a9729f412e2c692…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/271ee71a1917b89f6…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/974f7b138c3a96dd5…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/546c18a14924eb521…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a3d6c9c053c9c6056…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1e09dfbb4f5d20ee1…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1534661043c434b81…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4cda78d6f8bf2b700…

Impacted products

2 products

Vendor	Product	Version
Linux	Linux	Affected: ff462551235d8d7d843a005950bc90924fcedede , < 71a9729f412e2c692a35c542e14b706fb342927f (git) Affected: ff462551235d8d7d843a005950bc90924fcedede , < 271ee71a1917b89f6d73ec82dd091c33d92ee617 (git) Affected: ff462551235d8d7d843a005950bc90924fcedede , < 974f7b138c3a96dd5cd53d1b33409cd7b2229dc6 (git) Affected: ff462551235d8d7d843a005950bc90924fcedede , < 546c18a14924eb521fe168d916d7ce28f1e13c1d (git) Affected: ff462551235d8d7d843a005950bc90924fcedede , < a3d6c9c053c9c605651508569230ead633b13f76 (git) Affected: ff462551235d8d7d843a005950bc90924fcedede , < 1e09dfbb4f5d20ee111f92325a00f85778a5f328 (git) Affected: ff462551235d8d7d843a005950bc90924fcedede , < 1534661043c434b81cfde26b97a2fb2460329cf0 (git) Affected: ff462551235d8d7d843a005950bc90924fcedede , < 4cda78d6f8bf2b700529f2fbccb994c3e826d7c2 (git)
Linux	Linux	Affected: 2.6.19 Unaffected: 0 , < 2.6.19 (semver) Unaffected: 5.10.253 , ≤ 5.10.* (semver) Unaffected: 5.15.203 , ≤ 5.15.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.1.169 , ≤ 6.1.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.6.135 , ≤ 6.6.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.12.82 , ≤ 6.12.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.18.23 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.19.13 , ≤ 6.19.* (semver) Unaffected: 7.0 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)

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