{"id":"CVE-2026-80770","title":"HID: nintendo: stop device IO before hid_hw_stop on probe failure","summary":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nHID: nintendo: stop device IO before hid_hw_stop on probe failure\n\nnintendo_hid_probe() calls hid_device_io_start() before joycon_init()\nand joycon_leds_create().  If e…","severity":"none","vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","affected":["Linux >= 2af16c1f846bd60240745bbd3afa13d5f040c61a < c2f3d51c7f5222f5b51e0c90f02258d82e1b44dd","Linux >= 2af16c1f846bd60240745bbd3afa13d5f040c61a < c023443f0e6cfd257846b6515c93c1ea08026593","Linux >= 2af16c1f846bd60240745bbd3afa13d5f040c61a < 03a84f9f88b42cd49752ec0259922b67e4b88598","Linux >= 2af16c1f846bd60240745bbd3afa13d5f040c61a < 5efcd7bbfaaec67d137c99aa0940fa34375db27f","Linux >= 2af16c1f846bd60240745bbd3afa13d5f040c61a < 13a3edf96568a0b7aacadea07c2adec53ac8f630","Linux >= 2af16c1f846bd60240745bbd3afa13d5f040c61a < 2e0d98dc8a6dea5fc2b72bf66e0dcbd5488644b4","Linux >= 2af16c1f846bd60240745bbd3afa13d5f040c61a < 1f74d3bff6fe04a64e02ab3661d2e0d554565aa6","Linux 5.16"],"published":"2026-09-04","updated":"2026-10-19","sourceUpdated":"2026-10-19T08:43:26.772Z","source":"CVEORG","sourceUrl":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-80770","references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c2f3d51c7f5222f5b51e0c90f02258d82e1b44dd"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c023443f0e6cfd257846b6515c93c1ea08026593"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/03a84f9f88b42cd49752ec0259922b67e4b88598"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5efcd7bbfaaec67d137c99aa0940fa34375db27f"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/13a3edf96568a0b7aacadea07c2adec53ac8f630"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2e0d98dc8a6dea5fc2b72bf66e0dcbd5488644b4"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1f74d3bff6fe04a64e02ab3661d2e0d554565aa6"}],"tags":["cve.org"],"epss":0.00215,"epssPercentile":0.11052,"ingestedAt":"2026-10-19T10:20:54.955Z","slug":"CVE-2026-80770","body":"## Overview\n\nIn the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nHID: nintendo: stop device IO before hid_hw_stop on probe failure\n\nnintendo_hid_probe() calls hid_device_io_start() before joycon_init()\nand joycon_leds_create().  If either fails, the error path jumps to\nerr_close which calls hid_hw_close()/hid_hw_stop() without first calling\nhid_device_io_stop().\n\nhid_hw_stop() does not stop device IO, so hid_input_report() may still\nrun and access driver data that is being torn down, resulting in a\nuse-after-free.\n\nAdd an err_io_stop label that calls hid_device_io_stop() before\nhid_hw_close(), and point the two post-io_start error paths at it.\n\n## Affected\n\n- `Linux >= 2af16c1f846bd60240745bbd3afa13d5f040c61a < c2f3d51c7f5222f5b51e0c90f02258d82e1b44dd`\n- `Linux >= 2af16c1f846bd60240745bbd3afa13d5f040c61a < c023443f0e6cfd257846b6515c93c1ea08026593`\n- `Linux >= 2af16c1f846bd60240745bbd3afa13d5f040c61a < 03a84f9f88b42cd49752ec0259922b67e4b88598`\n- `Linux >= 2af16c1f846bd60240745bbd3afa13d5f040c61a < 5efcd7bbfaaec67d137c99aa0940fa34375db27f`\n- `Linux >= 2af16c1f846bd60240745bbd3afa13d5f040c61a < 13a3edf96568a0b7aacadea07c2adec53ac8f630`\n- `Linux >= 2af16c1f846bd60240745bbd3afa13d5f040c61a < 2e0d98dc8a6dea5fc2b72bf66e0dcbd5488644b4`\n- `Linux >= 2af16c1f846bd60240745bbd3afa13d5f040c61a < 1f74d3bff6fe04a64e02ab3661d2e0d554565aa6`\n- `Linux 5.16`\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.","depth":"sunlit","depthScore":3,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":2.8,"likelihood":0,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}