Input: zero ff_effect before compat copy in input_ff_effect_from_user
Published Oct 6, 2026
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EPSS 0.18%
Description
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.
Affected products
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Affected
- ≥ , <
- ≥ , <
- ≥ , <
- ≥ , <
- ≥ , <
- ≥ , <
- ≥ , <
- ≥ , <
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Affected
- 2.6.29
Unaffected
- ≥ 0, < 2.6.29
- ≥ 5.10.271, ≤ 5.10.*
- ≥ 5.15.222, ≤ 5.15.*
- ≥ 6.1.189, ≤ 6.1.*
- ≥ 6.12.112, ≤ 6.12.*
- ≥ 6.18.54, ≤ 6.18.*
- ≥ 6.6.158, ≤ 6.6.*
- ≥ 7.2.8, ≤ 7.2.*
- 7.3-rc4
Default status is the baseline for the product. Each version can override it (patched versions can be marked unaffected).
| Vendor | Product | Default status | Versions |
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| Linux | Linux | unaffected | Affected
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| Linux | Linux | affected | Affected
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Remediation
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No CWE recorded.
References (9)
- https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2026-93129 Advisory
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0d05b43b55d4784a42ce8fb318175f8ad7d9af5a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6c26681c5668c973bd0e951407d670ac60d9cd66
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b878720e8bcaa4cf7163a5081f904dd6baf11b2c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c5e573bb095d502be7cbbaa99c26a20984111c6d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ec174c2ab1abb76b20fa167c6db848c3d97aa838
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ed0406e490f48ed180df140fe2a81be26bccb1a9
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ed0905fda39682d3da7937184397d3276abbffa8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f84819ef8d66931ee3998fee3c4f03230f4cb6cc
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