CVE-2026-68361 json
hwmon: (corsair-psu) Stop device IO before calling hid_hw_stop
published 2026-08-10 2 mo ago modified 2026-08-19 2 mo ago also EUVD-2026-55462
- cvss
- —
- not scored
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.2%
- EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 9%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
hwmon: (corsair-psu) Stop device IO before calling hid_hw_stop
hid_hw_stop() does not stop the device IO.
This results in a race condition between hid_input_report() and the point immediately following the execution of hid_device_io_start() within corsairpsu_probe(). If the probe operation fails after "io start" has been initiated, this race condition will result in a uaf vulnerability [1].
CPU0 CPU1 ==== ==== corsairpsu_probe() hid_device_io_start() ... unlock driver_input_lock hid_hw_stop() kfree(hidraw) __hid_input_report() ... acquire driver_input_lock hid_report_raw_event() hidraw_report_event() ... access hidraw's list_lock // trigger uaf
Consequently, when corsairpsu_probe() fails and hid_hw_stop() needs to be executed, the io_started flag is first cleared while holding the driver_input_lock to prevent potential race conditions involving input reports.
[1] BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in rt_spin_lock+0x83/0x400 kernel/locking/spinlock_rt.c:56 Call Trace: hidraw_report_event+0x5d/0x3a0 drivers/hid/hidraw.c:577 hid_report_raw_event+0x311/0x1730 drivers/hid/hid-core.c:2076 __hid_input_report drivers/hid/hid-core.c:2152 [inline] hid_input_report+0x44e/0x580 drivers/hid/hid-core.c:2174 hid_irq_in+0x47e/0x6d0 drivers/hid/usbhid/hid-core.c:286 __usb_hcd_giveback_urb+0x3b3/0x5e0 drivers/usb/core/hcd.c:1657 dummy_timer+0x8a9/0x47d0 drivers/usb/gadget/udc/dummy_hcd.c:2005
Allocated by task 10: hidraw_connect+0x57/0x430 drivers/hid/hidraw.c:606 hid_connect+0x5bf/0x19d0 drivers/hid/hid-core.c:2277 hid_hw_start+0xa8/0x120 drivers/hid/hid-core.c:2387 corsairpsu_probe+0xd9/0x3c0 drivers/hwmon/corsair-psu.c:782
Freed by task 10: hidraw_disconnect+0x4f/0x60 drivers/hid/hidraw.c:662 hid_disconnect drivers/hid/hid-core.c:2362 [inline] hid_hw_stop+0x101/0x1e0 drivers/hid/hid-core.c:2407 corsairpsu_probe+0x327/0x3c0 drivers/hwmon/corsair-psu.c:826
Fix the problem by calling hid_device_io_stop() before calling hid_hw_stop().
[groeck: Updated subject and description; call hid_device_io_stop() only if IO has been started]
Patch / fix
- Linux Linux 5.15.216, 6.1.183, 6.6.148, 6.12.101, 6.18.42, 7.1.6, 7.2
- linux Debian 12 6.1.187-1
- linux Debian 13 6.12.101-1
- linux Debian 14 7.1.6-1
- linux-6.12 Debian 12 6.12.101-1~deb12u1
debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2026-68361
- linux Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-198.208
- linux Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.8.0-147.147
- linux Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 7.0.0-38.38
- linux-aws Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1117.124
- linux-aws Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.8.0-1067.70
- linux-aws Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 7.0.0-1014.14
- linux-gcp Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1118.128
- linux-gcp Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.8.0-1071.79
ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2026-68361
Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0
- kernel-64kb SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP7 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
- kernel-syms SLE Module for Development Tools 15 SP7 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
- kernel-azure SLE Module for Public Cloud 15 SP7 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
- kernel-source SLE Module for Development Tools 15 SP7, SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP7 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
- kernel-default SLE Workstation Extension 15 SP7, SLE Module for Legacy 15 SP7, SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP7 +2 more 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
- kernel-zfcpdump SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP7 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
- kernel-obs-build SLE Module for Development Tools 15 SP7 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
- kernel-default-base SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP7 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1.150700.17.45.1
suse advisories SUSE-SU-2026:4254-1SUSE-SU-2026:23887-1SUSE-SU-2026:23902-1SUSE-SU-2026:23897-1SUSE-SU-2026:23881-1SUSE-SU-2026:4120-1
- kernel-rt openSUSE Leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.38.1
- dtb-aarch64 openSUSE Leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.38.1
- kernel-64kb openSUSE Leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.38.1
- kernel-syms openSUSE Leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.38.1
- kernel-azure openSUSE Leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.38.1
- kernel-obs-qa openSUSE Leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.38.1
- kernel-source openSUSE Leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.38.1
- kernel-default openSUSE Leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.38.1
opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2026:21910-1
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/45dcd8a63069197f64dbda30509b9e224b74c0d8 commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/c80ed058f31bb0251a748034d69feb376741dcb2 commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/e6e1e0f3050d1a1a3ea1c9d6253363e87fdad67a commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/c0aae8d24f5e52d6910f97d59bc624e131f3ae1a commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/ec477af3a7e8d3964e62fd24ef01cdebb96b8e4e commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/bb25bd980f2d9bd34558e1b1d16636e4945baf14 commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/9ab8656548cd737b98d0b19c4253aff8d68e97f4 commit
Vendor advisories
What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.
red hat product security vex CVE-2026-68361 updated cvss 4.2
kernel: hwmon: (corsair-psu) Stop device IO before calling hid_hw_stop
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 perf, kernel, python-perf, kernel-kdump, kernel-firmware, kernel-bootwrapper, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, python-perf, kernel-kdump, +8 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, kernel-core, kernel-tools, +29 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 rv, perf, rtla, kernel, bpftool, libperf, +83 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 kernelnot affected: vulnerable code not present
Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf
Exploit prediction
0.19% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 9% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
Affected products
- Linux Linux
Classification
- Technology feeds
References
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/45dcd8a63069197f64dbda30509b9e224b74c0d8
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/c80ed058f31bb0251a748034d69feb376741dcb2
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/e6e1e0f3050d1a1a3ea1c9d6253363e87fdad67a
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/c0aae8d24f5e52d6910f97d59bc624e131f3ae1a
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/ec477af3a7e8d3964e62fd24ef01cdebb96b8e4e
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/bb25bd980f2d9bd34558e1b1d16636e4945baf14
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/9ab8656548cd737b98d0b19c4253aff8d68e97f4
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2026-68361
- NVD CVE-2026-68361
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