Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in Linux Kernel up to 7.0-rc2. The affected element is an unknown function of the component HID. Performing a manipulation results in null pointer dereference. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2026-23382. No exploit exists. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Linux Kernel up to 7.0-rc2. This affects an unknown code of the component HID. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a null pointer dereference vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-476. A NULL pointer dereference occurs when the application dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid, but is NULL, typically causing a crash or exit. This is going to have an impact on availability. The summary by CVE is:

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: HID: Add HID_CLAIMED_INPUT guards in raw_event callbacks missing them In commit 2ff5baa9b527 ("HID: appleir: Fix potential NULL dereference at raw event handle"), we handle the fact that raw event callbacks can happen even for a HID device that has not been "claimed" causing a crash if a broken device were attempted to be connected to the system. Fix up the remaining in-tree HID drivers that forgot to add this same check to resolve the same issue.

It is possible to read the advisory at git.kernel.org. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2026-23382 since 01/13/2026. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

Upgrading to version 6.1.167, 6.6.130, 6.12.77, 6.18.17, 6.19.7 or 7.0-rc3 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch ac83b0d91a3f4f0c012ba9c85fb99436cddb1208/6e330889e6c8db99f04d4feb861d23de4e8fbb13/892dbaf46bb738dacf1fa663eadb3712c85868f0/20864e3e41c74cda253a9fa6b6fe093c1461a6a9/575122cd6569c4c4aa13c4c9958fea506724c788/ecfa6f34492c493a9a1dc2900f3edeb01c79946b is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at git.kernel.org. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

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Type

• Operating System

Vendor

• Linux

Name

• Kernel

Version

• 6.1.166
• 6.6.129
• 6.12.0
• 6.12.1
• 6.12.2
• 6.12.3
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• 6.12.73
• 6.12.74
• 6.12.75
• 6.12.76
• 6.18.0
• 6.18.1
• 6.18.2
• 6.18.3
• 6.18.4
• 6.18.5
• 6.18.6
• 6.18.7
• 6.18.8
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• 6.19.0
• 6.19.1
• 6.19.2
• 6.19.3
• 6.19.4
• 6.19.5
• 6.19.6
• 7.0-rc1
• 7.0-rc2

License

• open-source

Website

• Vendor: https://www.kernel.org/

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