HID: magicmouse: do not keep a stale msc->input if no input is claimed
Key facts
- Attack vector
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- Privileges required
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- User interaction
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- Attack complexity
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- Impact type
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- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
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- Fix status
- Partial Red Hat: 6 without a fix
No CVSS vector from any source. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: HID: magicmouse: do not keep a stale msc->input if no input is claimed magicmouse_input_mapping() caches the first hid_input's input_dev in msc->input while the report descriptor is parsed, and the rest of the driver treats a non-NULL msc->input as proof that an input device was registered. That does not hold on the hid-input error path. If hidinput_connect() fails -- for instance because input_register_device() returns an error -- it unwinds through hidinput_disconnect(), which frees every input_dev it created, including the one cached in msc->input. The failure does not abort the probe. hid_connect() only skips the claim: if ((connect_mask & HID_CONNECT_HIDINPUT) && !hidinput_connect(hdev, connect_mask & HID_CONNECT_HIDINPUT_FORCE)) hdev->claimed |= HID_CLAIMED_INPUT; and the "device has no listeners" bailout below it does not fire for this driver, which sets ->raw_event; on the USB Magic Mouse 2 / Magic Trackpad 2 paths hidraw and hiddev are claimed as well. hid_hw_start() therefore returns 0 and magicmouse_probe() continues with msc->input pointing at freed memory. Being non-NULL, it passes the "input not registered" check in probe and the NULL checks in ->raw_event and ->event, so the next input report dereferences freed memory. Clear msc->input when the HID core did not claim an input device, so the existing NULL checks cover this case as well.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 3.9
- Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 5.10.269, 5.15.218, 6.1.185, 6.6.154, 6.12.106, 6.18.47, 7.1.11, 7.2.1, 7.3
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. 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 |
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 5 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
Not affected: 1 product
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-80782
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-43vj-4w6q-2r6j
- 2026-10-19 Fix available: Linux/[email protected] · CNA
- 2026-10-26 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
- 2026-10-26 CVSS score added · Red Hat
- 2026-10-26 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
- 2026-10-26 CVSS score changed · Red Hat
- 2026-11-06 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
References
Other 9
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c3597923932bb90d4fc2186aef552f6677175e4a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e0c224c93d10ee38854fdf24c815108aedd3dcb3
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/403cc9bd6ccb9fbe68d501c3236e5a6dd5504e14
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3d7a7bac4c75f25b2513505a0ac5ba909588ed2b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9bdf8c7bfd79f1090e61d28f969b32880fd77bb3
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/15b60ade825c8ce9ec560048a4ae3747e4572be3
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0bf253e9ac994cb5329bc87b00bb4eeca9136791
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2ef16934e069d5f771e989d6ee5c3ece5042f3cd
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0af3b89705688af01aa06025b84fa7a1e06ba6cc
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Sources
- CVE-2026-80782 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-80782 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-43vj-4w6q-2r6j · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-80782 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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