CVE-2025-38507

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

HID: nintendo: avoid bluetooth suspend/resume stalls

Ensure we don't stall or panic the kernel when using bluetooth-connected controllers. This was reported as an issue on android devices using kernel 6.6 due to the resume hook which had been added for usb joycons.

First, set a new state value to JOYCON_CTLR_STATE_SUSPENDED in a newly-added nintendo_hid_suspend. This makes sure we will not stall out the kernel waiting for input reports during led classdev suspend. The stalls could happen if connectivity is unreliable or lost to the controller prior to suspend.

Second, since we lose connectivity during suspend, do not try joycon_init() for bluetooth controllers in the nintendo_hid_resume path.

Tested via multiple suspend/resume flows when using the controller both in USB and bluetooth modes.

Affected Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
LinuxLinux2af16c1f846bd60240745bbd3afa13d5f040c61a < 7b4a026313529a487821ef6ab494a61f12c1db08affected
LinuxLinux2af16c1f846bd60240745bbd3afa13d5f040c61a < 72cb7eef06a5cde42b324dea85fa11fd5bb6a08aaffected
LinuxLinux2af16c1f846bd60240745bbd3afa13d5f040c61a < 4a0381080397e77792a5168069f174d3e56175ffaffected
LinuxLinux5.16affected
LinuxLinux0 < 5.16unaffected
LinuxLinux6.12.39 <= 6.12.*unaffected
LinuxLinux6.15.7 <= 6.15.*unaffected
LinuxLinux6.16 <= *unaffected

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