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Linux CVE-2026-23178

HIGH
2026-02-14 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
7.8
CVSS 3.1 · NVD
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Severity by source

NVD PRIMARY
7.8 HIGH
AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
SUSE
HIGH
qualitative
Red Hat
6.4 MEDIUM
qualitative

Primary rating from NVD.

CVSS VectorNVD

Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

Lifecycle Timeline

3
Patch released
Apr 09, 2026 - 20:30 nvd
Patch available
Analysis Generated
Mar 12, 2026 - 22:03 vuln.today
CVE Published
Feb 14, 2026 - 17:15 nvd
HIGH 7.8

DescriptionCVE.org

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

HID: i2c-hid: fix potential buffer overflow in i2c_hid_get_report()

i2c_hid_xfer is used to read recv_len + sizeof(__le16) bytes of data into ihid->rawbuf.

The former can come from the userspace in the hidraw driver and is only bounded by HID_MAX_BUFFER_SIZE(16384) by default (unless we also set max_buffer_size field of struct hid_ll_driver which we do not).

The latter has size determined at runtime by the maximum size of different report types you could receive on any particular device and can be a much smaller value.

Fix this by truncating recv_len to ihid->bufsize - sizeof(__le16).

The impact is low since access to hidraw devices requires root.

AnalysisAI

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

HID: i2c-hid: fix potential buffer overflow in i2c_hid_get_report()

i2c_hid_xfer is used to read recv_len + sizeof(__le16) bytes of data into ihid->rawbuf.

Technical ContextAI

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

HID: i2c-hid: fix potential buffer overflow in i2c_hid_get_report()

i2c_hid_xfer is used to read recv_len + sizeof(__le16) bytes of data into ihid->rawbuf.

The former can come from the userspace in the hidraw driver and is only bounded by HID_MAX_BUFFER_SIZE(16384) by default (unless we also set max_buffer_size field of struct hid_ll_driver which we do not).

The latter has size determined at runtime by the maximum

Affected ProductsAI

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

HID: i2c-hid: fix potential buffer overflow in i2c_hid_get_report()

`i2c_hid_xfe

RemediationAI

Monitor vendor advisories for a patch. Enable ASLR, DEP/NX, and stack canaries where possible.

Vendor StatusVendor

SUSE

Severity: High
Product Status
Container suse/sl-micro/6.0/base-os-container:2.1.3-7.105 Affected
Container suse/sl-micro/6.0/kvm-os-container:2.1.3-6.124 Affected
Container suse/sl-micro/6.0/rt-os-container:2.1.3-7.146 Affected
Container suse/sl-micro/6.1/baremetal-os-container:2.2.1-7.67 Affected
Container suse/sl-micro/6.1/base-os-container:2.2.1-5.90 Affected

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