Vulnerability in Linux

[ Description ]Official description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Input: zero ff_effect before compat copy in input_ff_effect_from_user In the compat path input_ff_effect_from_user() aliases the caller's native struct ff_effect with the smaller struct ff_effect_compat and copies only the compat sized prefix: compat_effect = (struct ff_effect_compat *)effect; if (copy_from_user(compat_effect, buffer, sizeof(struct ff_effect_compat))) The tail of the native structure is never written. Callers pass an uninitialized on-stack object, for example evdev_do_ioctl() for EVIOCSFF, so those bytes keep their previous stack contents. input_ff_upload() then stores the full native structure in ff->effects[id], from where a uinput based force feedback daemon can read it back via UI_BEGIN_FF_UPLOAD, disclosing kernel stack memory to userspace. Zero the effect before the compat copy.

[ Fixes ]Fixes and patches

No fix or interim patch is linked from our sources yet. Check the vendor references below and limit exposure of affected systems until a fix is available.

[ Advisories ]Government CERT advisories

• BSI CERT-Bund5 Oct 2026WID-SEC-2026-3743

  Linux Kernel: Multiple vulnerabilities Translated from German

  Risk mediumCVE-2026-98221CVE-2026-98181CVE-2026-98248+204 more CVEs

[ References ]References

• git.kernel.org/stable/c/0d05b43b55d4784a42ce8fb318175f8ad7d9af5a
• git.kernel.org/stable/c/6c26681c5668c973bd0e951407d670ac60d9cd66
• git.kernel.org/stable/c/b878720e8bcaa4cf7163a5081f904dd6baf11b2c
• git.kernel.org/stable/c/c5e573bb095d502be7cbbaa99c26a20984111c6d
• git.kernel.org/stable/c/ec174c2ab1abb76b20fa167c6db848c3d97aa838
• git.kernel.org/stable/c/ed0406e490f48ed180df140fe2a81be26bccb1a9
• git.kernel.org/stable/c/ed0905fda39682d3da7937184397d3276abbffa8
• git.kernel.org/stable/c/f84819ef8d66931ee3998fee3c4f03230f4cb6cc