In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: HID: core: Mitigate potential OOB by removing bogus memset() The memset() in hid_report_raw_event() has the good intention of clearing out bogus data by zeroing the area from the end of the incoming data string to the assumed end of the buffer. However, as we have previously seen, doing so can easily result in OOB reads and writes in the subsequent thread of execution. The current suggestion from one of the HID maintainers is to remove the memset() and simply return if the incoming event buffer size is not large enough to fill the associated report. Suggested-by Benjamin Tissoires <[email protected]> [bentiss: changed the return value]
Fix
Patch, vendor advisory and mitigation references on NVD 3
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0a3fe972a7cb1404f693d6f1711f32bc1d244b1c Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8f71034649738fdeb6859b8d6cddf132024fac06 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bd6e1d0230cca9575f5d118148f51e2a56b5373f Patch
Every line above is quoted from NVD, CISA, Microsoft, the vendor's own advisory or DISA; nothing is generated.
Change history 4
- References+2 references (now 5)NVD modified 2026-10-21 13:18
- CwesCWE-125 → CWE-125, CWE-787NVD modified 2026-10-19 20:18
- StatusAnalyzed → ModifiedNVD modified 2026-10-19 20:18
- First seenCVSS 8.8 · linuxNVD modified 2026-10-16 16:17
Affected (CPE criteria) 8
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.15:-:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.15:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.15:rc7:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.0:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.0:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
References 5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0a3fe972a7cb1404f693d6f1711f32bc1d244b1c Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/218b93b7e284de1aa40a53f8f130f84f7da38858
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8f71034649738fdeb6859b8d6cddf132024fac06 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b37e6019fe420335d884e30535549a25f084e00d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bd6e1d0230cca9575f5d118148f51e2a56b5373f Patch