Kernel splat via unchecked HID parent conversion
Published Sep 4, 2026 · Updated Sep 4, 2026
Invalid parent conversion in the Linux kernel Rapoo HID driver in 7.0 allows local users to trigger a kernel splat via a uhid device. The rapoo_probe path calls to_usb_interface on a parent selected from BUS_USB metadata without confirming that the parent is a USB interface. Reachability requires creation of a uhid device that claims BUS_USB without a USB parent; the demonstrated consequence is a kernel splat in an ASAN build.
Summary
What happened
Invalid parent conversion in the Linux kernel Rapoo HID driver in 7.0 allows local users to trigger a kernel splat via a uhid device. The rapoo_probe path calls to_usb_interface on a parent selected from BUS_USB metadata without confirming that the parent is a USB interface. Reachability requires creation of a uhid device that claims BUS_USB without a USB parent; the demonstrated consequence is a kernel splat in an ASAN build.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-80769
- Published
- Sep 4, 2026
- Updated
- Sep 4, 2026
- Vendor
- The Linux Kernel Organization
- Product
- Linux
- Classifications
- Unavailable
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- Unavailable
Timeline
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- Sep 4, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Sep 4, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=7.0
- Affected versionversion=b3b1c68fb726907ea35ac172906705fe62c7fdaf <49b6fd28fbcc0b6457e16e25c7617f63449d4808
- Affected versionversion=b3b1c68fb726907ea35ac172906705fe62c7fdaf <99ed3febafe0452994620a4d819f595583289bec
- Affected versionversion=b3b1c68fb726907ea35ac172906705fe62c7fdaf <b57af2448268c30c25509a832b6ff6dc27176b28
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