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Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation. ## Source facts (JSON-quoted data) CNA source text (English) id: "CVE-2026-64271" idYear: 2026 status: "PUBLISHED" publishedAt: "2026-07-25T08:49:18.160Z" updatedAt: "2026-08-17T04:52:25.592Z" importedAt: "2026-10-24T01:58:25.636Z" snapshot: {"id":"cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline","at":"2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z","source":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/releases/tag/cve_2026-10-24_0100Z"} url: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-64271" json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-64271.json" sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-64271" title: "Input: touchwin - reset the packet index on every complete packet" summary: "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nInput: touchwin - reset the packet index on every complete packet\n\ntw_interrupt() accumulates each non-zero serial byte into a fixed\nthree-byte buffer with a running index that is only reset once a full\npacket has been received *and* the device's two Y bytes agree:\n\n\ttw-\u003edata[tw-\u003eidx++] = data;\n\tif (tw-\u003eidx == TW_LENGTH && tw-\u003edata[1] == tw-\u003edata[2]) {\n\t\t...\n\t\ttw-\u003eidx = 0;\n\t}\n\nThe reset is gated on tw-\u003edata[1] == tw-\u003edata[2], a value the device\ncontrols. A malicious, malfunctioning or counterfeit Touchwindow\nperipheral can stream non-zero bytes whose 2nd and 3rd bytes differ: the\nindex reaches TW_LENGTH without the equality holding, is never reset, and\nkeeps growing, so tw-\u003edata[tw-\u003eidx++] walks off the end of the three-byte\narray and the rest of the heap-allocated struct tw, one attacker-chosen\nbyte at a time -- an unbounded, device-driven heap out-of-bounds write.\n\nReset the index on every completed packet and report an event only when\nthe two Y bytes match, like the other serio touchscreen drivers do." affected: [{"versions":[{"version":"11ea3173d5f2de71d037ef58ac43395795fed2bc","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"ed9b66905407eb3d02df1aaeed82eb7a7f0eb508"},{"version":"11ea3173d5f2de71d037ef58ac43395795fed2bc","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"044167cba2384bcd783547ad5e30ecd292b30919"},{"version":"11ea3173d5f2de71d037ef58ac43395795fed2bc","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"6c9f29f128dd4057404838259af4c645318487e1"},{"version":"11ea3173d5f2de71d037ef58ac43395795fed2bc","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"431ad239f2924dff337c3fccb9246597c1b63185"},{"version":"11ea3173d5f2de71d037ef58ac43395795fed2bc","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"70e4248793762df9832fd4fc2fc6ac7924572c36"},{"version":"11ea3173d5f2de71d037ef58ac43395795fed2bc","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"3e6f007b43e2fc6546e21fa74ee62c38984a6672"},{"version":"11ea3173d5f2de71d037ef58ac43395795fed2bc","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"a8d87184576c889759e3aab899799a482f1e1a5b"},{"version":"11ea3173d5f2de71d037ef58ac43395795fed2bc","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"478cdd736f2ce3114f90e775d7358136d3977b94"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected"},{"versions":[{"version":"2.6.19","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"2.6.19"},{"version":"5.10.261","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"5.10.*"},{"version":"5.15.212","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"5.15.*"},{"version":"6.1.178","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.1.*"},{"version":"6.6.145","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.6.*"},{"version":"6.12.96","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.12.*"},{"version":"6.18.39","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.18.*"},{"version":"7.1.4","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"7.1.*"},{"version":"7.2","status":"unaffected","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix","lessThanOrEqual":"*"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected"}] ## Source licences and attribution CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities: https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog (US government work) GitHub Advisory Database: https://github.com/advisories (CC BY 4.0) Have I Been Pwned: https://haveibeenpwned.com/ (CC BY 4.0) CVE Program (CVE records): https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse (CVE Terms of Use) Copyright © 1999-2026, The MITRE Corporation. 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