HID: core: fix number/pointer type confusion on long items
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: 7 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: core: fix number/pointer type confusion on long items When fetch_item() is called by hid_scan_report() on an item with HID_ITEM_TAG_LONG, it stores a pointer to the item data in item->data.longdata instead of storing a value directly in item->data.{u8/u16/u32}. When item_udata() or item_sdata() encounters such an item, it incorrectly assumes that the item is in short format, and therefore returns the lower part of a kernel pointer reinterpreted as a number. When a HID device is connected whose descriptor contains a HID_GLOBAL_ITEM_TAG_REPORT_SIZE encoded in long format with size=4, this causes the lower half of a kernel pointer to be printed into dmesg as a number, like this: hid (null): invalid report_size 107953555 To fix it, let item_udata() and item_sdata() verify that the item is in short format. Note that this bug only affects hid_scan_report(), while the main parsing pass hid_parse_collections() will always bail out when encountering a long item. Sidenote: There are currently no users of data.longdata; maybe we should just remove any parsing of long-format descriptors as a follow-up.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
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| Linux | Linux | 3.12 and later | 5.10.267, 5.15.218, 6.1.185, 6.6.154, 6.12.106, 6.18.47, 7.1.11, 7.2.1, 7.3 | Patch available | CNA |
- Linux VendorLinux Affected 3.12 and later Fixed in 5.10.267, 5.15.218, 6.1.185, 6.6.154, 6.12.106, 6.18.47, 7.1.11, 7.2.1, 7.3 Patch available CNA
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 5.10.267, 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: 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 6 | Affected | No fix planned: Out of support scope |
| 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 |
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-80918
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-vppq-2m7c-f4xg
- 2026-10-19 Fix available: Linux/[email protected] · CNA
- 2026-10-20 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
- 2026-10-20 CVSS score added · Red Hat
- 2026-11-07 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
References
Other 9
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bed7fe3a936b6bdd84671385951397ca673cf6e7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/aec2c2ec87d4ec1f098979f68cd81b29f031c8cb
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/634f498ea5d5e8e01f8d9414d4f45eeaf9ee1996
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/abec577de5fc16cd5caae42f97cdcd0983c06d66
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dd8035dec26e98204d6e4a6e0cee5c4d329b3d7e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1fa1591efd417e39e5e164bebea8ca7a3837c469
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e60159f5ea60254a5c3de4ea4f2f939f0171031b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e542edada3f79387c0ac2a528cebf01f4ef47df8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/28abce951343fcec26e397610868efa4e1395c3f
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Sources
- CVE-2026-80918 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-80918 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-vppq-2m7c-f4xg · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-80918 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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