Kernel heap disclosure via undersized HID reports
Published Sep 16, 2026 · Updated Sep 16, 2026
Out-of-bounds access in the Linux HID RMI driver allows physically proximate attackers to disclose kernel heap data via crafted reports. The driver trusts device-declared report sizes, then copies device-controlled lengths past its allocation and loops forever on zero-length replies. A malicious HID device can expose heap contents to userspace and itself, corrupt adjacent slab objects, or hang the probe worker.
Summary
What happened
Out-of-bounds access in the Linux HID RMI driver allows physically proximate attackers to disclose kernel heap data via crafted reports. The driver trusts device-declared report sizes, then copies device-controlled lengths past its allocation and loops forever on zero-length replies. A malicious HID device can expose heap contents to userspace and itself, corrupt adjacent slab objects, or hang the probe worker.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-90000
- Published
- Sep 16, 2026
- Updated
- Sep 16, 2026
- Vendor
- The Linux Kernel Organization
- Product
- Linux
- Classifications
- T1200
- Attack vector
- physical
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
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- Sep 16, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Sep 16, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=3.16
- Affected versionversion=9fb6bf02e3ad04c20edb8e46536ce3eeda32c736 <056ef8e6700b8b6ca11453a9d4bfb1b868a5cd88
- Affected versionversion=9fb6bf02e3ad04c20edb8e46536ce3eeda32c736 <183da103022ec11af55ba9951d2cc171fb6c836b
- Affected versionversion=9fb6bf02e3ad04c20edb8e46536ce3eeda32c736 <48934c2927414a37a7fadeb6091113177c0b2038
- Affected versionversion=9fb6bf02e3ad04c20edb8e46536ce3eeda32c736 <4956993bb3befdf791d71a4952d8d13bcfd44c7b
- Affected versionversion=9fb6bf02e3ad04c20edb8e46536ce3eeda32c736 <a8be8bbf0952bb7ff46636ead1896769c381fe55
- Affected versionversion=9fb6bf02e3ad04c20edb8e46536ce3eeda32c736 <ab2958e0c94edd63315dd14dc548874cc63a4043
- Affected versionversion=9fb6bf02e3ad04c20edb8e46536ce3eeda32c736 <f4cb9c4556dcb593e66dbb855179dbd351dbb053
- Affected versionversion=9fb6bf02e3ad04c20edb8e46536ce3eeda32c736 <fba600d824597b2a894ecae72fc422c2b8c08f8c
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