{"cve":"CVE-2026-97987","nvd":{"published":"2026-09-25T11:17:26.797","modified":"2026-10-19T10:17:50.063","status":"Received","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nvirtio_input: reset device if input_register_device() fails\n\nProbe marks the device DRIVER_OK with virtio_device_ready() before\ncalling input_register_device(). If registration fails, the error path\ncleared vi->ready and called del_vqs() while the device was still live,\nso the device could keep DMA to queues that were already torn down.\n\nMatch remove/freeze: call virtio_reset_device() on that path before\ntearing down the virtqueues.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":[],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/087b9ee4d36968329c846e6846e4e50f66532888","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/16c90260ae7ae32d7ac9128fb5da404c37154765","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/668ebfea7ba623450b12fdeaa0d080464d0c0a14","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/81489b32a21c9360f8750d1fb600155d27452e19","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8407da8974326c1ffdfe6a5a9bfc8fed3212bbdf"],"products":[],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:56:02.509636177+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2026-97987","score":0.00173,"percentile":0.06638,"date":"2026-10-25"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}