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HIGHCVE-2026-31667Published Modified CNA Linux

CVE-2026-31667: Input: uinput - fix circular locking dependency with ff-core

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)

Metrics

CVSS v3.1
7.8
Severity
HIGH
Fixed in
0
Affected Products
2

Fix available

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Affected packages
  • Linux / Linux
    < 71a9729f412e2c692a35c542e14b706fb342927f (from ff462551235d8d7d843a005950bc90924fcedede) · < 271ee71a1917b89f6d73ec82dd091c33d92ee617 (from ff462551235d8d7d843a005950bc90924fcedede) · < 974f7b138c3a96dd5cd53d1b33409cd7b2229dc6 (from ff462551235d8d7d843a005950bc90924fcedede) · < 546c18a14924eb521fe168d916d7ce28f1e13c1d (from ff462551235d8d7d843a005950bc90924fcedede) · < a3d6c9c053c9c605651508569230ead633b13f76 (from ff462551235d8d7d843a005950bc90924fcedede) · < 1e09dfbb4f5d20ee111f92325a00f85778a5f328 (from ff462551235d8d7d843a005950bc90924fcedede)
  • Linux / Linux
    2.6.19
    Fixed in 0, 5.10.253, 5.15.203, 6.1.169, 6.6.135, 6.12.82, 6.18.23, 6.19.13, 7.0
CVSS Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H