{"api_version":"1","generated_at":"2026-08-12T14:15:10+00:00","cve":"CVE-2026-68361","urls":{"html":"https://cve.report/CVE-2026-68361","api":"https://cve.report/api/cve/CVE-2026-68361.json","docs":"https://cve.report/api","cve_org":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-68361","nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-68361"},"summary":{"title":"hwmon: (corsair-psu) Stop device IO before calling hid_hw_stop","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nhwmon: (corsair-psu) Stop device IO before calling hid_hw_stop\n\nhid_hw_stop() does not stop the device IO.\n\nThis results in a race condition between hid_input_report() and the point\nimmediately following the execution of hid_device_io_start() within\ncorsairpsu_probe(). If the probe operation fails after \"io start\" has\nbeen initiated, this race condition will result in a uaf vulnerability\n[1].\n\nCPU0\t\t\t\tCPU1\n====\t\t\t\t====\ncorsairpsu_probe()\n hid_device_io_start()\n  ... unlock driver_input_lock\n hid_hw_stop()\n  kfree(hidraw)\t\t\t__hid_input_report()\n\t\t\t\t ... acquire driver_input_lock\n\t\t\t\t hid_report_raw_event()\n\t\t\t\t  hidraw_report_event()\n\t\t\t\t   ... access hidraw's list_lock // trigger uaf\n\nConsequently, when corsairpsu_probe() fails and hid_hw_stop() needs to\nbe executed, the io_started flag is first cleared while holding the\ndriver_input_lock to prevent potential race conditions involving input\nreports.\n\n[1]\nBUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in rt_spin_lock+0x83/0x400 kernel/locking/spinlock_rt.c:56\nCall Trace:\n hidraw_report_event+0x5d/0x3a0 drivers/hid/hidraw.c:577\n hid_report_raw_event+0x311/0x1730 drivers/hid/hid-core.c:2076\n __hid_input_report drivers/hid/hid-core.c:2152 [inline]\n 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the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nhwmon: (corsair-psu) Stop device IO before calling hid_hw_stop\n\nhid_hw_stop() does not stop the device IO.\n\nThis results in a race condition between hid_input_report() and the point\nimmediately following the execution of hid_device_io_start() within\ncorsairpsu_probe(). If the probe operation fails after \"io start\" has\nbeen initiated, this race condition will result in a uaf vulnerability\n[1].\n\nCPU0\t\t\t\tCPU1\n====\t\t\t\t====\ncorsairpsu_probe()\n hid_device_io_start()\n  ... unlock driver_input_lock\n hid_hw_stop()\n  kfree(hidraw)\t\t\t__hid_input_report()\n\t\t\t\t ... acquire driver_input_lock\n\t\t\t\t hid_report_raw_event()\n\t\t\t\t  hidraw_report_event()\n\t\t\t\t   ... access hidraw's list_lock // trigger uaf\n\nConsequently, when corsairpsu_probe() fails and hid_hw_stop() needs to\nbe executed, the io_started flag is first cleared while holding the\ndriver_input_lock to prevent potential race conditions involving input\nreports.\n\n[1]\nBUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in rt_spin_lock+0x83/0x400 kernel/locking/spinlock_rt.c:56\nCall Trace:\n hidraw_report_event+0x5d/0x3a0 drivers/hid/hidraw.c:577\n hid_report_raw_event+0x311/0x1730 drivers/hid/hid-core.c:2076\n __hid_input_report drivers/hid/hid-core.c:2152 [inline]\n hid_input_report+0x44e/0x580 drivers/hid/hid-core.c:2174\n hid_irq_in+0x47e/0x6d0 drivers/hid/usbhid/hid-core.c:286\n __usb_hcd_giveback_urb+0x3b3/0x5e0 drivers/usb/core/hcd.c:1657\n dummy_timer+0x8a9/0x47d0 drivers/usb/gadget/udc/dummy_hcd.c:2005\n\nAllocated by task 10:\n hidraw_connect+0x57/0x430 drivers/hid/hidraw.c:606\n hid_connect+0x5bf/0x19d0 drivers/hid/hid-core.c:2277\n hid_hw_start+0xa8/0x120 drivers/hid/hid-core.c:2387\n corsairpsu_probe+0xd9/0x3c0 drivers/hwmon/corsair-psu.c:782\n\nFreed by task 10:\n hidraw_disconnect+0x4f/0x60 drivers/hid/hidraw.c:662\n hid_disconnect drivers/hid/hid-core.c:2362 [inline]\n hid_hw_stop+0x101/0x1e0 drivers/hid/hid-core.c:2407\n corsairpsu_probe+0x327/0x3c0 drivers/hwmon/corsair-psu.c:826\n\nFix the problem by calling hid_device_io_stop() before calling\nhid_hw_stop().\n\n[groeck: Updated subject and description;\n call hid_device_io_stop() only if IO has been started]"}],"providerMetadata":{"dateUpdated":"2026-08-10T12:03:38.332Z","orgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","shortName":"Linux"},"references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e6e1e0f3050d1a1a3ea1c9d6253363e87fdad67a"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c0aae8d24f5e52d6910f97d59bc624e131f3ae1a"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ec477af3a7e8d3964e62fd24ef01cdebb96b8e4e"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bb25bd980f2d9bd34558e1b1d16636e4945baf14"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9ab8656548cd737b98d0b19c4253aff8d68e97f4"}],"title":"hwmon: (corsair-psu) Stop device IO before calling hid_hw_stop","x_generator":{"engine":"bippy-1.2.0"}}},"cveMetadata":{"assignerOrgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","assignerShortName":"Linux","cveId":"CVE-2026-68361","datePublished":"2026-08-10T12:03:38.332Z","dateReserved":"2026-07-30T09:28:09.385Z","dateUpdated":"2026-08-10T12:03:38.332Z","state":"PUBLISHED"},"dataType":"CVE_RECORD","dataVersion":"5.2"},"nvd":{"publishedDate":"2026-08-10 13:20:28","lastModifiedDate":"2026-08-10 13:20:28","problem_types":[],"metrics":[],"configurations":[]},"legacy_mitre":{"record":{"CveYear":"2026","CveId":"68361","Ordinal":"1","Title":"hwmon: (corsair-psu) Stop device IO before calling hid_hw_stop","CVE":"CVE-2026-68361","Year":"2026"},"notes":[{"CveYear":"2026","CveId":"68361","Ordinal":"1","NoteData":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nhwmon: (corsair-psu) Stop device IO before calling hid_hw_stop\n\nhid_hw_stop() does not stop the device IO.\n\nThis results in a race condition between hid_input_report() and the point\nimmediately following the execution of hid_device_io_start() within\ncorsairpsu_probe(). If the probe operation fails after \"io start\" has\nbeen initiated, this race condition will result in a uaf vulnerability\n[1].\n\nCPU0\t\t\t\tCPU1\n====\t\t\t\t====\ncorsairpsu_probe()\n hid_device_io_start()\n  ... unlock driver_input_lock\n hid_hw_stop()\n  kfree(hidraw)\t\t\t__hid_input_report()\n\t\t\t\t ... acquire driver_input_lock\n\t\t\t\t hid_report_raw_event()\n\t\t\t\t  hidraw_report_event()\n\t\t\t\t   ... access hidraw's list_lock // trigger uaf\n\nConsequently, when corsairpsu_probe() fails and hid_hw_stop() needs to\nbe executed, the io_started flag is first cleared while holding the\ndriver_input_lock to prevent potential race conditions involving input\nreports.\n\n[1]\nBUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in rt_spin_lock+0x83/0x400 kernel/locking/spinlock_rt.c:56\nCall Trace:\n hidraw_report_event+0x5d/0x3a0 drivers/hid/hidraw.c:577\n hid_report_raw_event+0x311/0x1730 drivers/hid/hid-core.c:2076\n __hid_input_report drivers/hid/hid-core.c:2152 [inline]\n hid_input_report+0x44e/0x580 drivers/hid/hid-core.c:2174\n hid_irq_in+0x47e/0x6d0 drivers/hid/usbhid/hid-core.c:286\n __usb_hcd_giveback_urb+0x3b3/0x5e0 drivers/usb/core/hcd.c:1657\n dummy_timer+0x8a9/0x47d0 drivers/usb/gadget/udc/dummy_hcd.c:2005\n\nAllocated by task 10:\n hidraw_connect+0x57/0x430 drivers/hid/hidraw.c:606\n hid_connect+0x5bf/0x19d0 drivers/hid/hid-core.c:2277\n hid_hw_start+0xa8/0x120 drivers/hid/hid-core.c:2387\n corsairpsu_probe+0xd9/0x3c0 drivers/hwmon/corsair-psu.c:782\n\nFreed by task 10:\n hidraw_disconnect+0x4f/0x60 drivers/hid/hidraw.c:662\n hid_disconnect drivers/hid/hid-core.c:2362 [inline]\n hid_hw_stop+0x101/0x1e0 drivers/hid/hid-core.c:2407\n corsairpsu_probe+0x327/0x3c0 drivers/hwmon/corsair-psu.c:826\n\nFix the problem by calling hid_device_io_stop() before calling\nhid_hw_stop().\n\n[groeck: Updated subject and description;\n call hid_device_io_stop() only if IO has been started]","Type":"Description","Title":"hwmon: (corsair-psu) Stop device IO before calling hid_hw_stop"}]}}}