HID: nintendo: stop device IO before hid_hw_stop on probe failure
Key facts
- Attack vector
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- Privileges required
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- User interaction
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- Attack complexity
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- Impact type
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- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
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- Fix status
- Fixed
No CVSS vector from any source. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: HID: nintendo: stop device IO before hid_hw_stop on probe failure nintendo_hid_probe() calls hid_device_io_start() before joycon_init() and joycon_leds_create(). If either fails, the error path jumps to err_close which calls hid_hw_close()/hid_hw_stop() without first calling hid_device_io_stop(). hid_hw_stop() does not stop device IO, so hid_input_report() may still run and access driver data that is being torn down, resulting in a use-after-free. Add an err_io_stop label that calls hid_device_io_stop() before hid_hw_close(), and point the two post-io_start error paths at it.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 6.1.187, 6.6.156, 6.12.106, 6.18.47, 7.1.11, 7.2.1, 7.3
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
Not affected: 7 products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 5
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-80770
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-ghrw-6c83-p2qc
- 2026-10-19 Fix available: Linux/[email protected] · CNA
- 2026-11-06 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
- 2026-11-06 CVSS score added · Red Hat
References
Other 7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c2f3d51c7f5222f5b51e0c90f02258d82e1b44dd
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c023443f0e6cfd257846b6515c93c1ea08026593
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/03a84f9f88b42cd49752ec0259922b67e4b88598
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5efcd7bbfaaec67d137c99aa0940fa34375db27f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/13a3edf96568a0b7aacadea07c2adec53ac8f630
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2e0d98dc8a6dea5fc2b72bf66e0dcbd5488644b4
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1f74d3bff6fe04a64e02ab3661d2e0d554565aa6
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Sources
- CVE-2026-80770 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-80770 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-ghrw-6c83-p2qc · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-80770 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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