Bug 2532125 (CVE-2026-89623)

Summary: CVE-2026-89623 kernel: HID: mcp2221: stop device IO before hid_hw_stop
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: OSIDB Bzimport <bzimport>
Component: vulnerabilityAssignee: Product Security DevOps Team <prodsec-dev>
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Version: unspecifiedCC: akhatavk, aos-team-art-private, asdas, dpaolell, jdelft, jupierce, lgarciaa, mbiarnes, ppalepu, ppostler, prdhamdh, rhel-process-autobot, sghai, sidsharm, suppawar, vlaad, watson-tool-maintainers
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A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's HID (Human Interface Device) mcp2221 driver. This vulnerability occurs when the device's input/output (IO) operations are not properly stopped before hardware teardown during device removal or probe failure. This timing issue can lead to a use-after-free condition, where the system attempts to access memory that has already been released. Such a condition could result in system instability or a denial of service.
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-09-11 20:46:46 UTC 
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

HID: mcp2221: stop device IO before hid_hw_stop

Quiesce device IO at the start of the devm cleanup callback
mcp2221_hid_unregister() so that incoming HID reports cannot race with
hardware teardown during probe failure or device removal, addressing a
potential use-after-free.

Guard the call to hid_device_io_stop() with io_started. On normal
removal hid_device_remove() has already cleared io_started before the
devres group is released, so an unconditional call would otherwise hit
the !io_started path and emit a spurious "io already stopped" warning
on every removal. The guard preserves the probe-failure balancing,
where io_started is still set after hid_device_io_start(), while
staying silent on the normal removal path.