HID: pidff: fix OOB write when hid->inputs is empty (Linux Linux)
At a glance
- Source
- NVD
- EPSS
- EPSS 0.18 % · percentile 8 ()
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- Updated
- Assigner
- Linux
- NVD status
- Received
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: HID: pidff: fix OOB write when hid->inputs is empty hid_pidff_init_with_quirks() derives its input_dev from list_entry(hid->inputs.next, struct hid_input, list) without first checking that hid->inputs is non-empty. The list member of struct hid_input is at offset 0, so on an empty list list_entry() yields &hid->inputs itself and the following hidinput->input load reads an unrelated member of struct hid_device. dev is then a type-confused pointer, and force-feedback init writes through it: each set_bit(FF_*, dev->ffbit) stores 8 bytes at dev + 192, past the end of the object dev actually aliases, and input_ff_create() adds further writes of a heap pointer and two function pointers. Until hid-universal-pidff the only caller was hid_pidff_init() from usbhid, which runs under HID_CLAIMED_INPUT and therefore always has at least one hid_input. universal_pidff_probe() starts the device with HID_CONNECT_DEFAULT & ~HID_CONNECT_FF and then calls hid_pidff_init_with_quirks() directly whenever the descriptor carries a PID usage page, bypassing that gate. A report descriptor whose only application collection is on HID_UP_PID leaves hid->inputs empty while hid_connect() still succeeds through the hidraw claim, so probe reaches the unguarded list_entry(). The write happens in the USB probe path, on the hotplug workqueue, so plugging in a malicious device is enough to trigger it; no attacker software and no logged-in user are required. KASAN reports an 8-byte out-of-bounds write in hid_pidff_init_with_quirks() reached from universal_pidff_probe(). Check for an empty list before deriving dev and return -ENODEV, as the other HID force-feedback drivers already do. universal_pidff_probe() propagates the error and unwinds. Discovered by XBOW, triaged by Baul Lee <baul.lee@xbow.com>
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2e0471bf3ab2a6b7eedcc3b8a2a17286b6a9ae1a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ad9330f7e74a97842815a291a0d7389ed2f34504
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4529c03c3da8f91392cd630453452f569973f4cd
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d416eeb7d016d82af67c149d884bc6a9323c4ac7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/86b63adfa5e132beac4be72668fdf9128fe51d2e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/67bb1074e3d2d12fa059a9cc707e89398a4e4704
European references
- ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2026-71423
- GCVE · GCVE-0-2026-80780
CERT-FR advisories
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-1385 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits VMware · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-1289 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de Debian LTS · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-1253 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de Debian · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
Affected products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
| Linux · Linux | affected c1fde337b317f0a226de92803288741c30799eb0 < 2e0471bf3ab2a6b7eedcc3b8a2a17286b6a9ae1a ; affected f45f26a6b3e7260c129c7c6bb0ace63aeb7b3868 < ad9330f7e74a97842815a291a0d7389ed2f34504 ; affected f06bf8d94fffbb544b1cb5402c92e0a075f0d420 < 4529c03c3da8f91392cd630453452f569973f4cd ; affected f06bf8d94fffbb544b1cb5402c92e0a075f0d420 < d416eeb7d016d82af67c149d884bc6a9323c4ac7 ; affected f06bf8d94fffbb544b1cb5402c92e0a075f0d420 < 86b63adfa5e132beac4be72668fdf9128fe51d2e ; affected f06bf8d94fffbb544b1cb5402c92e0a075f0d420 < 67bb1074e3d2d12fa059a9cc707e89398a4e4704 |
| Linux · Linux | affected 6.15 ; unaffected 0 < 6.15 ; unaffected 6.6.156 ≤ 6.6.* ; unaffected 6.12.108 ≤ 6.12.* ; unaffected 6.18.47 ≤ 6.18.* ; unaffected 7.1.11 ≤ 7.1.* |
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5) | CVE Program Terms of Use |
| EPSS (FIRST.org) | FIRST — attribution requested |
| ENISA EUVD | ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged |
| CERT-FR (ANSSI) | Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0 |
| NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds | Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD |