Freed-memory dereference via stale input pointer
Published Sep 4, 2026 · Updated Sep 4, 2026
Use-after-free in the Linux kernel magicmouse HID driver allows attackers to dereference freed memory through a subsequent input report. magicmouse_input_mapping() caches an input_dev in msc->input, but failed HID input registration frees that object without clearing the cached pointer while probe continues. Reachability requires input registration to fail while another device interface remains claimed; no privilege escalation or code execution is reported.
Summary
What happened
Use-after-free in the Linux kernel magicmouse HID driver allows attackers to dereference freed memory through a subsequent input report. magicmouse_input_mapping() caches an input_dev in msc->input, but failed HID input registration frees that object without clearing the cached pointer while probe continues. Reachability requires input registration to fail while another device interface remains claimed; no privilege escalation or code execution is reported.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-80782
- Published
- Sep 4, 2026
- Updated
- Sep 4, 2026
- Vendor
- The Linux Kernel Organization
- Product
- Linux
- Classifications
- Unavailable
- Attack vector
- Unavailable
- 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=0e55072e7c63a6569cab1447e9025d160abd9dd9
- Affected versionversion=3.8.7 <3.9
- Affected versionversion=3.9
- Affected versionversion=f1a9a149abc86903e81dd1b2e720f3f89874384b <0af3b89705688af01aa06025b84fa7a1e06ba6cc
- Affected versionversion=f1a9a149abc86903e81dd1b2e720f3f89874384b <0bf253e9ac994cb5329bc87b00bb4eeca9136791
- Affected versionversion=f1a9a149abc86903e81dd1b2e720f3f89874384b <15b60ade825c8ce9ec560048a4ae3747e4572be3
- Affected versionversion=f1a9a149abc86903e81dd1b2e720f3f89874384b <2ef16934e069d5f771e989d6ee5c3ece5042f3cd
- Affected versionversion=f1a9a149abc86903e81dd1b2e720f3f89874384b <3d7a7bac4c75f25b2513505a0ac5ba909588ed2b
- Affected versionversion=f1a9a149abc86903e81dd1b2e720f3f89874384b <403cc9bd6ccb9fbe68d501c3236e5a6dd5504e14
- Affected versionversion=f1a9a149abc86903e81dd1b2e720f3f89874384b <9bdf8c7bfd79f1090e61d28f969b32880fd77bb3
- Affected versionversion=f1a9a149abc86903e81dd1b2e720f3f89874384b <c3597923932bb90d4fc2186aef552f6677175e4a
- Affected versionversion=f1a9a149abc86903e81dd1b2e720f3f89874384b <e0c224c93d10ee38854fdf24c815108aedd3dcb3
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