---
id: CVE-2026-98205
title: |-
  In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

  Input: evdev - zero absinfo before partial copy in EVIOCSABS

  The EVIOCSABS handler copies at most the user supplied ioctl size into
  an uninitialized on-stack struct in…
summary: |-
  In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

  Input: evdev - zero absinfo before partial copy in EVIOCSABS

  The EVIOCSABS handler copies at most the user supplied ioctl size into
  an uninitialized on-stack struct in…
severity: none
vendor: Linux
product: Linux
affected:
  - >-
    Linux >= 448cd1664a573e69f54bfd32f3bb7220212b6cf5 <
    c0aebb57b73c7d06ad21731099afe119b113c403
  - >-
    Linux >= 448cd1664a573e69f54bfd32f3bb7220212b6cf5 <
    89b6ffa4bc10c436fa9aecc73be105124cd58a35
  - >-
    Linux >= 448cd1664a573e69f54bfd32f3bb7220212b6cf5 <
    e834e134a32b6a5c600fa539bb49146f617743ab
  - >-
    Linux >= 448cd1664a573e69f54bfd32f3bb7220212b6cf5 <
    af5f7130cbf39e6e12336d0b7a5f6e76e4e1526b
  - >-
    Linux >= 448cd1664a573e69f54bfd32f3bb7220212b6cf5 <
    30b853a3d71f16bd0aa66b604bc37dd1254a19b3
  - >-
    Linux >= 448cd1664a573e69f54bfd32f3bb7220212b6cf5 <
    71e5619db11dd6429101bd967230d0321ec5ea26
  - >-
    Linux >= 448cd1664a573e69f54bfd32f3bb7220212b6cf5 <
    3dfe48d5307a1ba22c58231d04257737015569ca
  - >-
    Linux >= 448cd1664a573e69f54bfd32f3bb7220212b6cf5 <
    8b852965b8eaf910c314dc346967ed82c8d4f235
  - Linux 2.6.36
published: '2026-10-06'
updated: '2026-10-06'
sourceUpdated: '2026-10-06T09:18:06.547'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-98205'
references:
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/30b853a3d71f16bd0aa66b604bc37dd1254a19b3'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3dfe48d5307a1ba22c58231d04257737015569ca'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/71e5619db11dd6429101bd967230d0321ec5ea26'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/89b6ffa4bc10c436fa9aecc73be105124cd58a35'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8b852965b8eaf910c314dc346967ed82c8d4f235'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/af5f7130cbf39e6e12336d0b7a5f6e76e4e1526b'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c0aebb57b73c7d06ad21731099afe119b113c403'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e834e134a32b6a5c600fa539bb49146f617743ab'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
tags:
  - nvd
  - cve.org
ingestedAt: '2026-10-06T08:50:17.443Z'
---

## Overview

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

Input: evdev - zero absinfo before partial copy in EVIOCSABS

The EVIOCSABS handler copies at most the user supplied ioctl size into
an uninitialized on-stack struct input_absinfo:

	if (copy_from_user(&abs, p, min_t(size_t,
			size, sizeof(struct input_absinfo))))

The size comes from _IOC_SIZE() of the ioctl command and is therefore
fully controlled by userspace. A short size leaves the trailing part of
the structure holding whatever was on the kernel stack, and the whole
structure is then stored into the device:

	dev->absinfo[t] = abs;

EVIOCGABS hands that back to userspace, disclosing the stale stack
bytes. Only the resolution field is currently cleared, which covers the
legacy struct layout but not an arbitrarily short size.

Zero the structure before the copy so any part not supplied by the
caller reads back as zero. The existing resolution fixup is kept, since
it also handles a size that partially overlaps that field.

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.