# virtio_input: reset device if input_register_device() fails

CVE record · `CVE-2026-97987`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2026-97987`
- **State:** Confirmed
- **Severity:** No CVSS score
- **Critical:** No
- **CNA:** Linux
- **Technologies:** [Linux kernel](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/linux-kernel.md)
- **Published:** 25 Sept 2026
- **Updated:** 19 Oct 2026
- **Reviewed by a person:** No

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: Linux) at 25 Sept 2026, 10:23 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known. This CVE names a vendor and product rather than a package, so the lockfile check doesn’t match it.

## Affected products, as the CNA wrote them

- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `271c865161c57cfabca45b93eaa712b19da365bc to before 087b9ee4d36968329c846e6846e4e50f66532888` (git)
  - affected: `271c865161c57cfabca45b93eaa712b19da365bc to before 16c90260ae7ae32d7ac9128fb5da404c37154765` (git)
  - affected: `271c865161c57cfabca45b93eaa712b19da365bc to before 9a7e107734137f098f9b81e5615aa5a02c5395c7` (git)
  - affected: `271c865161c57cfabca45b93eaa712b19da365bc to before 8407da8974326c1ffdfe6a5a9bfc8fed3212bbdf` (git)
  - affected: `271c865161c57cfabca45b93eaa712b19da365bc to before 668ebfea7ba623450b12fdeaa0d080464d0c0a14` (git)
  - affected: `271c865161c57cfabca45b93eaa712b19da365bc to before 81489b32a21c9360f8750d1fb600155d27452e19` (git)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `4.1`
  - unaffected: `before 4.1` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.1.189 to 6.1.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.6.158 to 6.6.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.12.111 to 6.12.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.18.53 to 6.18.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `7.2.7 to 7.2.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `7.3 to *, inclusive` (original_commit_for_fix)
  - Other versions: affected

## Not analysed yet

We haven’t published our own analysis of this CVE. If a person reviews it, this page will say what’s affected and what has to be true for it to matter.

## Severity and exploitation

No source has published a CVSS score for this record yet.

- **CISA KEV:** Not listed.
- **EPSS:** 0.0017, the 6th percentile, on 12 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

## Timeline

This record came from the full history of the CVE Program, published 25 Sept 2026. New records show when each source confirmed them.

## Sources

- [CVE List: CVE-2026-97987](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-97987)
- [NVD: CVE-2026-97987](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-97987)

### References from the CNA

- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/087b9ee4d36968329c846e6846e4e50f66532888>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/16c90260ae7ae32d7ac9128fb5da404c37154765>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9a7e107734137f098f9b81e5615aa5a02c5395c7>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8407da8974326c1ffdfe6a5a9bfc8fed3212bbdf>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/668ebfea7ba623450b12fdeaa0d080464d0c0a14>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/81489b32a21c9360f8750d1fb600155d27452e19>

Facts on this page come from the CVE List as the CNA published them, with CVSS from the sources named above, CISA KEV and FIRST EPSS. Vendors, products and versions are shown as the CNA wrote them. We don’t reproduce the CVE’s description.

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- Everything that needs attention now: <https://agentprime.io/advisories/critical.md>

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