CVE-2026-64364

HID: multitouch: fix out-of-bounds bit access on mt_io_flags

HIGH
8.8
CVSS Score
Published: July 25, 2026 at 08:50 AM UTC
Updated: October 19, 2026 at 09:17 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
HIGH8.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: HID: multitouch: fix out-of-bounds bit access on mt_io_flags mt_io_flags is a single unsigned long, but mt_process_slot(), mt_release_pending_palms() and mt_release_contacts() use it as a per-slot bitmap indexed by the slot number. That slot number is only bounded by td->maxcontacts, which is taken from the device's ContactCountMaximum feature report and can be up to 255, not by BITS_PER_LONG. As a result, a multitouch device that advertises a large contact count makes set_bit()/clear_bit() operate past the mt_io_flags word and corrupt the adjacent members of struct mt_device. The sticky-fingers release timer is the easiest way to reach this. mt_release_contacts() runs for (i = 0; i < mt->num_slots; i++) clear_bit(i, &td->mt_io_flags); with num_slots == maxcontacts. For maxcontacts around 250 the loop clears the bits that overlap td->applications.next, zeroing that list head, and the list_for_each_entry() that immediately follows then dereferences NULL. The kernel panics from timer (softirq) context. On a KASAN build this shows up as a general protection fault in mt_release_contacts() with a null-ptr-deref at offset 0x58, which is offsetof(struct mt_application, num_received). The state is reachable from an untrusted USB or Bluetooth HID multitouch device; no local privileges are required. Store the per-slot active state in a separately allocated bitmap sized for maxcontacts, the same pattern already used for pending_palm_slots, and keep only MT_IO_FLAGS_RUNNING in mt_io_flags. The two "mt_io_flags & MT_IO_SLOTS_MASK" arming checks become bitmap_empty(td->active_slots, td->maxcontacts). Move MT_IO_FLAGS_RUNNING back to bit 0. It was bumped to bit 32 by the same commit to leave the low byte for the slot bits; with the slot bits gone it fits in bit 0 again, which also keeps it within the unsigned long on 32-bit.

Affected

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

5.10.246 ≤ v < 5.10.2615.15.196 ≤ v < 5.15.2126.1.158 ≤ v < 6.1.1786.12.55 ≤ v < 6.12.976.17.5 ≤ v < 6.186.18.1 ≤ v < 6.18.396.19 ≤ v < 7.1.46.6.114 ≤ v < 6.6.14546f781e0d151844589dc2125c8cce3300546f92a5.10.2465.15.19659bd04163e6451b9c7275277882ed9f4abfa20516.1.1586.12.556.17.56.186.18 rc26.18 rc36.18 rc46.18 rc56.18 rc66.18 rc76.6.1146acfe25968913788d30ec0eedd80178c4ea3f1d07.27.2 rc17.2 rc277711d850bed75ae7142c3d1f22c1a8b4d049c33d280c138e66be87d1fccfed42593f02fdb893905f32fea4c0234c971c12e46d76612cdc2dd4bb046fc488f675344931ffab6a51c43691065ec006567
Vendor states this is fixed in 12e90656e330ff8bbaf2f29c535fdb8a11cc6f55 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 152983d87387f6a8ae72b73474cfa55fbcf1ec75 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 37daa8c96bd563d03150e23f094cb60703594a6d (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6493ebf9489efef0105078377b973ab33d51af22 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 8813b0612275cc61fe9e6603d0ee019247ade6be (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in a6d5ce2e1a2d7bf189bde8a659d04b65f0b0725d (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in b5c037d6b807017e74a115288f81bc9cd5a5aab8 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in e24918ee67c4dc3d20d4670750e46e9b160365f4 (fixed)
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 6.12.97 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.18 (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)

SSVC — Action Prioritization

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CVSS

8.8HIGHLinux
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-125CWE-787

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