CVE-2026-64363
CVE.org · Published
- Record status
- Published
- Identifier year (not publication year)
- 2026
- Source publication
- Source updated
- Imported by cveboard
- Source snapshot
- cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline ·
CNA source text (English)
HID: appleir: fix UAF on pending key_up_timer in remove()
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: HID: appleir: fix UAF on pending key_up_timer in remove() appleir_remove() runs hid_hw_stop() before timer_delete_sync(). hid_hw_stop() synchronously unregisters the HID input device via hid_disconnect() -> hidinput_disconnect() -> input_unregister_device(), which drops the last reference and frees the underlying input_dev when no userspace handle holds it open. key_up_tick() reads appleir->input_dev and calls input_report_key() / input_sync() on it. The timer is armed from appleir_raw_event() with a HZ/8 (~125 ms) timeout on every keydown and key-repeat report. If a key was pressed shortly before the device is disconnected, the timer can fire after hid_hw_stop() has freed input_dev but before the teardown drains it. A simple reorder is not sufficient. Putting the timer drain first still leaves a window where a USB URB completion (raw_event) running during hid_hw_stop() can call mod_timer() and re-arm the timer, which then fires after hidinput_disconnect() has freed input_dev. The same URB-completion window also lets raw_event() reach key_up(), key_down() and battery_flat() directly, all of which dereference appleir->input_dev. Introduce a 'removing' flag on struct appleir, gated by the existing spinlock. appleir_remove() sets the flag under the lock and then shuts down the timer with timer_shutdown_sync(), which both drains any in-flight callback and permanently disables further mod_timer() calls. appleir_raw_event() and key_up_tick() bail out early if the flag is set, so no path can arm or run the timer, or dereference appleir->input_dev, after remove() has started tearing down. The keyrepeat and flatbattery branches of appleir_raw_event() previously called into the input layer without holding the spinlock; take it now so the flag check is well-defined. This incidentally closes a pre-existing read-side race on appleir->current_key in the keyrepeat branch. This bug is structurally a sibling of commit 4db2af929279 ("HID: appletb-kbd: fix UAF in inactivity-timer cleanup path") and has been present since the driver was introduced.
Scoped product and version facts
Fix information unknown; no fixed version is derived here. Missing information does not prove that no fix exists.
Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation.
Linux
- Vendor
- Linux
- Product
- Linux
- Platforms
- Unknown
- Default status
unaffected
| Version (version) | Status (status) | Version scheme (versionType) | Exclusive end (lessThan) | Inclusive end (lessThanOrEqual) | Status changes (at → status) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9a4a5574ce427c364d81746fc7fb82d86b5f1a7e | affected | git | 89ef67359672bf4cd6921524e39f61648fe38c0f | Unavailable | None listed |
| 9a4a5574ce427c364d81746fc7fb82d86b5f1a7e | affected | git | 3d30a0bb0e79621ae921b487835c56198adfafa3 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 9a4a5574ce427c364d81746fc7fb82d86b5f1a7e | affected | git | 37a52c61d4f78153c38ae1f7491dfcc8ac828dcf | Unavailable | None listed |
| 9a4a5574ce427c364d81746fc7fb82d86b5f1a7e | affected | git | 05e3decc55d1deca9410e0eb36466651fcbe57a5 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 9a4a5574ce427c364d81746fc7fb82d86b5f1a7e | affected | git | 3755f6e25776b8b12ddf062f9b573f05090e4034 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 9a4a5574ce427c364d81746fc7fb82d86b5f1a7e | affected | git | b363d964ca829c1761c9f04188dfa28f90b0f2d4 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 9a4a5574ce427c364d81746fc7fb82d86b5f1a7e | affected | git | 6b0838e86da88b1d3bff86f19761ff25af73eaca | Unavailable | None listed |
| 9a4a5574ce427c364d81746fc7fb82d86b5f1a7e | affected | git | 75fe87e19d8aff81eb2c64d15d244ab8da4de945 | Unavailable | None listed |
Linux
- Vendor
- Linux
- Product
- Linux
- Platforms
- Unknown
- Default status
affected
| Version (version) | Status (status) | Version scheme (versionType) | Exclusive end (lessThan) | Inclusive end (lessThanOrEqual) | Status changes (at → status) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.10 | affected | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | None listed |
| 0 | unaffected | semver | 3.10 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 5.10.261 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 5.10.* | None listed |
| 5.15.212 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 5.15.* | None listed |
| 6.1.178 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 6.1.* | None listed |
| 6.6.145 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 6.6.* | None listed |
| 6.12.97 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 6.12.* | None listed |
| 6.18.39 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 6.18.* | None listed |
| 7.1.4 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 7.1.* | None listed |
| 7.2 | unaffected | original_commit_for_fix | Unavailable | * | None listed |