CVE-2026-43048
HIGHHID: core: Mitigate potential OOB by removing bogus memset()
Title source: cnaDescription
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: HID: core: Mitigate potential OOB by removing bogus memset() The memset() in hid_report_raw_event() has the good intention of clearing out bogus data by zeroing the area from the end of the incoming data string to the assumed end of the buffer. However, as we have previously seen, doing so can easily result in OOB reads and writes in the subsequent thread of execution. The current suggestion from one of the HID maintainers is to remove the memset() and simply return if the incoming event buffer size is not large enough to fill the associated report. Suggested-by Benjamin Tissoires <[email protected]> [bentiss: changed the return value]
Scores
CVSS v3
8.8
EPSS
0.0024
EPSS Percentile
15.1%
Attack Vector
ADJACENT_NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-125
Status
published
Products (16)
linux/Kernel
2.6.15 - 6.18.22linux
linux/Kernel
6.19.0 - 6.19.12linux
Linux/Linux
< 2.6.15
Linux/Linux
1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 - 0a3fe972a7cb1404f693d6f1711f32bc1d244b1c
Linux/Linux
1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 - 8f71034649738fdeb6859b8d6cddf132024fac06
Linux/Linux
1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 - bd6e1d0230cca9575f5d118148f51e2a56b5373f
Linux/Linux
2.6.15
Linux/Linux
6.18.22 - 6.18.*
Linux/Linux
6.19.12 - 6.19.*
Linux/Linux
7.0
... and 6 more
Published
May 01, 2026
Tracked Since
May 01, 2026