CVEvulnerability

CVE-2026-64271

7.8 HIGH Published 2026-07-25 Modified 2026-10-24 Official page ↗
Status
Analyzed
Published
2026-07-25
Last modified
2026-10-24
Assigner
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-129

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Input: touchwin - reset the packet index on every complete packet tw_interrupt() accumulates each non-zero serial byte into a fixed three-byte buffer with a running index that is only reset once a full packet has been received *and* the device's two Y bytes agree: tw->data[tw->idx++] = data; if (tw->idx == TW_LENGTH && tw->data[1] == tw->data[2]) { ... tw->idx = 0; } The reset is gated on tw->data[1] == tw->data[2], a value the device controls. A malicious, malfunctioning or counterfeit Touchwindow peripheral can stream non-zero bytes whose 2nd and 3rd bytes differ: the index reaches TW_LENGTH without the equality holding, is never reset, and keeps growing, so tw->data[tw->idx++] walks off the end of the three-byte array and the rest of the heap-allocated struct tw, one attacker-chosen byte at a time -- an unbounded, device-driven heap out-of-bounds write. Reset the index on every completed packet and report an event only when the two Y bytes match, like the other serio touchscreen drivers do.

Affected configurations

• linux linux kernel (>= 2.6.19 < 5.10.261) • linux linux kernel (>= 5.11 < 5.15.212) • linux linux kernel (>= 5.16 < 6.1.178) • linux linux kernel (>= 6.2 < 6.6.145) • linux linux kernel (>= 6.7 < 6.12.96) • linux linux kernel (>= 6.13 < 6.18.39) • linux linux kernel (>= 6.19 < 7.1.4)

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-129 Improper Validation of Array Index weakness

References