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GHSA-HQF5-283C-2WRW

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-02-14 18:30 – Updated: 2026-03-19 18:31

Details

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

HID: Intel-thc-hid: Intel-thc: Add safety check for reading DMA buffer

Add DMA buffer readiness check before reading DMA buffer to avoid unexpected NULL pointer accessing.

Severity ?

5.5 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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CVE-2026-23196 (GCVE-0-2026-23196)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-02-14 16:27 – Updated: 2026-02-16 08:58

Title

HID: Intel-thc-hid: Intel-thc: Add safety check for reading DMA buffer

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: HID: Intel-thc-hid: Intel-thc: Add safety check for reading DMA buffer Add DMA buffer readiness check before reading DMA buffer to avoid unexpected NULL pointer accessing.

Severity ?

No CVSS data available.

Assigner

Linux

References

URL

Tags

	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1e84a807c98a71f76…
	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a9a917998d172ec11…

Impacted products

Vendor

Product

Version

Linux

Affected: 4138f21115aec3ebae7805ec3407c72d93558023 , < 1e84a807c98a71f767fd1f609637bc5944f916cb (git)
Affected: 4138f21115aec3ebae7805ec3407c72d93558023 , < a9a917998d172ec117f9e9de1919174153c0ace4 (git)

Linux

Affected: 6.14
Unaffected: 0 , < 6.14 (semver)
Unaffected: 6.18.10 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.19 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)

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GHSA-HQF5-283C-2WRW

CVE-2026-23196 (GCVE-0-2026-23196)

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