Kernel splat via unverified USB parent cast
Published Sep 4, 2026 · Updated Sep 4, 2026
Improper device validation in affected Linux kernels allows local users to trigger a kernel splat through a crafted uhid device. The ASUS HID probe path calls to_usb_interface() from the BUS_USB label without verifying that the hid_device parent is a USB interface. The trigger requires local access to /dev/uhid to create a device labeled BUS_USB without a USB parent; published evidence demonstrates a diagnostic fault in an ASAN build, not a system crash.
Summary
What happened
Improper device validation in affected Linux kernels allows local users to trigger a kernel splat through a crafted uhid device. The ASUS HID probe path calls to_usb_interface() from the BUS_USB label without verifying that the hid_device parent is a USB interface. The trigger requires local access to /dev/uhid to create a device labeled BUS_USB without a USB parent; published evidence demonstrates a diagnostic fault in an ASAN build, not a system crash.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-80774
- 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=00e005c952f74f50a3f86af96f56877be4685e14 <02bf61dfb44f17ec187d1da1a82495951bbd12df
- Affected versionversion=00e005c952f74f50a3f86af96f56877be4685e14 <1ddc2f5913bec7a846544d51a8f7a8119573b2a1
- Affected versionversion=00e005c952f74f50a3f86af96f56877be4685e14 <8b5debb6252cd1e2b6c7adf8f95761a0e743d2cf
- Affected versionversion=00e005c952f74f50a3f86af96f56877be4685e14 <ee883906cf6685d753af9c2d2ca9fd6f63197726
- Affected versionversion=02d5431198f10e7c6e31f4138c14cfe400ec55a7
- Affected versionversion=6.12.35 <6.12.108
- Affected versionversion=6.15.4 <6.16
- Affected versionversion=6.16
- Affected versionversion=ff38cf0bd888fe15789a7193d07c4a876388d520 <bdb2e0a2a359e473ca5619e35adee89028697239
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