HID: magicmouse: avoid memory leak in magicmouse_report_fixup()
Priority LOW 24CWE-401Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Denial of service
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · High
- Fix status
- Partial Red Hat: 4 without a fix
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-401.
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: HID: magicmouse: avoid memory leak in magicmouse_report_fixup() The magicmouse_report_fixup() function was returning a newly kmemdup()-allocated buffer, but never freeing it. The caller of report_fixup() does not take ownership of the returned pointer, but it *is* permitted to return a sub-portion of the input rdesc, whose lifetime is managed by the caller.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00123 2nd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial Linux (Linux): 5.15.203, 5.17, 6.1.168 +5Red Hat: 4 without a fix
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux | 5.15.17 to before 5.15.203; 5.16.3 to before 5.17 | 5.15.203, 5.17 | Patch available | CNA |
| Linux | Linux | 5.17 and later | 5.15.203, 6.1.168, 6.6.131, 6.12.80, 6.18.21, 6.19.11, 7.0 | Patch available | CNA |
- Linux VendorLinux Affected 5.15.17 to before 5.15.203; 5.16.3 to before 5.17 Fixed in 5.15.203, 5.17 Patch available CNA
- Linux VendorLinux Affected 5.17 and later Fixed in 5.15.203, 6.1.168, 6.6.131, 6.12.80, 6.18.21, 6.19.11, 7.0 Patch available CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 3
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 5.15.17 to before 5.15.203; 5.16.3 to before 5.17; 5.17 to before 6.1.168; 6.2 to before 6.6.131; 6.7 to before 6.12.80; 6.13 to before 6.18.21; 6.19 to before 6.19.11 | Vulnerable | Linux |
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* | 7.0 rc1 | Vulnerable | Linux |
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* | 7.0 rc2 | Vulnerable | Linux |
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.15.17 to before 5.15.203; 5.16.3 to before 5.17; 5.17 to before 6.1.168; 6.2 to before 6.6.131; 6.7 to before 6.12.80; 6.13 to before 6.18.21; 6.19 to before 6.19.11 Vulnerable ·Linux
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 7.0 rc1 Vulnerable ·Linux
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 7.0 rc2 Vulnerable ·Linux
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 5.15.203, 5.17
- Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 5.15.203, 6.1.168, 6.6.131, 6.12.80, 6.18.21, 6.19.11, 7.0
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Low. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
Not affected: 1 product
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-31522
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-pw7f-jvgm-w775
- 2026-11-05 CISA SSVC decision points changed
References
Patch 7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/579c4c9857acdc8380fa99803f355f878bd766cb
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d84c21aabaab517b9aaf9bc1d785922cb9db2f31
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7edfe4346b052b708645d0acc0f186425766b785
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/79e5dcc95d9abed6f8203cfd529f4ec71f0e505d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/136f605e246b4bfe7ac2259471d1ff814aed0084
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fa95b0146358b49f9858139b67314591fd5871b0
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/91e8c6e601bdc1ccdf886479b6513c01c7e51c2c
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Sources
- CVE-2026-31522 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-31522 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-pw7f-jvgm-w775 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-31522 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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