CVE-2026-64271

Input: touchwin - reset the packet index on every complete packet

HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: July 25, 2026 at 08:49 AM UTC
Updated: October 24, 2026 at 01:10 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Input: touchwin - reset the packet index on every complete packet tw_interrupt() accumulates each non-zero serial byte into a fixed three-byte buffer with a running index that is only reset once a full packet has been received *and* the device's two Y bytes agree: tw->data[tw->idx++] = data; if (tw->idx == TW_LENGTH && tw->data[1] == tw->data[2]) { ... tw->idx = 0; } The reset is gated on tw->data[1] == tw->data[2], a value the device controls. A malicious, malfunctioning or counterfeit Touchwindow peripheral can stream non-zero bytes whose 2nd and 3rd bytes differ: the index reaches TW_LENGTH without the equality holding, is never reset, and keeps growing, so tw->data[tw->idx++] walks off the end of the three-byte array and the rest of the heap-allocated struct tw, one attacker-chosen byte at a time -- an unbounded, device-driven heap out-of-bounds write. Reset the index on every completed packet and report an event only when the two Y bytes match, like the other serio touchscreen drivers do.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

2.6.19 ≤ v < 5.10.2615.11 ≤ v < 5.15.2125.16 ≤ v < 6.1.1786.13 ≤ v < 6.18.396.19 ≤ v < 7.1.46.2 ≤ v < 6.6.1456.7 ≤ v < 6.12.9611ea3173d5f2de71d037ef58ac43395795fed2bc2.6.19
Vendor states this is fixed in 044167cba2384bcd783547ad5e30ecd292b30919 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 3e6f007b43e2fc6546e21fa74ee62c38984a6672 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 431ad239f2924dff337c3fccb9246597c1b63185 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 478cdd736f2ce3114f90e775d7358136d3977b94 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6c9f29f128dd4057404838259af4c645318487e1 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 70e4248793762df9832fd4fc2fc6ac7924572c36 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in a8d87184576c889759e3aab899799a482f1e1a5b (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in ed9b66905407eb3d02df1aaeed82eb7a7f0eb508 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 2.6.19 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.10.261 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.15.212 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.1.178 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.12.96 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.18.39 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.6.145 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.1.4 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.2 (unaffected)

CVSS

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusANALYZED
CWE
CWE-129

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