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CVE-2026-80572

Input: byd - synchronize timer deletion before freeing private data PUBLISHED

Description (CNA)

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.

Affected (CNA)

Vendor / productVersions
Linux / Linuxaffected 2d5f5611dd0de52e9a52b56391a7049a52184e72 before 84b205297fa15f97510342221d8c9a0119711478; affected 2d5f5611dd0de52e9a52b56391a7049a52184e72 before 28d984a66b9e14be74986167b6ad40b5e0daf19a; affected 2d5f5611dd0de52e9a52b56391a7049a52184e72 before ee944a706a18322b4a2599eebe8040a2994e928f; affected 2d5f5611dd0de52e9a52b56391a7049a52184e72 before 8dbfd8e32a13e116790780ed0be82b5a05eb9916; affected 2d5f5611dd0de52e9a52b56391a7049a52184e72 before 2e509ef60ee41a2da0deb062c262bb530143fb37; affected 2d5f5611dd0de52e9a52b56391a7049a52184e72 before c83e79c0842ed29860648bcce5022ef0ba5001c6
Linux / Linuxaffected 4.6; unaffected 0 before 4.6; unaffected 6.1.185 through 6.1.*; unaffected 6.6.154 through 6.6.*; unaffected 6.12.106 through 6.12.*; unaffected 6.18.46 through 6.18.*; unaffected 7.1.10 through 7.1.*; unaffected 7.2 through *

CWE

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