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CVE-2026-74673

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Record status
Published
Identifier year (not publication year)
2026
Source publication
Source updated
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Source snapshot
cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline ·

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Input: evdev - fix information leak in evdev_pass_values()

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Input: evdev - fix information leak in evdev_pass_values() In evdev_pass_values(), the input_event structure is allocated on the kernel stack and populated field-by-field. However, it is never fully initialized. On architectures where struct input_event contains explicit or implicit padding (such as the 32-bit __pad field on SPARC64), these padding bytes are left uninitialized. When this event structure is subsequently passed to the client buffer and later copied to userspace, the uninitialized padding bytes leak kernel stack memory, potentially exposing sensitive information. Similar issues exist in __evdev_queue_syn_dropped and __pass_event. Fix this by explicitly zeroing the entire event structure with memset() before populating its fields. This ensures all padding bytes are cleared before the data crosses the security boundary.

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
Linux · Scoped product and version facts
Version (version)Status (status)Version scheme (versionType)Exclusive end (lessThan)Inclusive end (lessThanOrEqual)Status changes (at → status)
6addb1d6de1968b84852f54561cc9a999909b5a9affectedgitd2e3839419ac4047835762c4d7712bda1101b57eUnavailableNone listed
6addb1d6de1968b84852f54561cc9a999909b5a9affectedgitc6d5fa46c1ee25d068fc730fd377f0f54188d290UnavailableNone listed
6addb1d6de1968b84852f54561cc9a999909b5a9affectedgite748811d9b80a3e101110ff4b3c612e5fca54d98UnavailableNone listed
6addb1d6de1968b84852f54561cc9a999909b5a9affectedgit06a286b320236508d02ab2ccc9496352748652a8UnavailableNone listed
6addb1d6de1968b84852f54561cc9a999909b5a9affectedgit7d17e9454a9af3ec7aebb88b41a9deedd5b19a6bUnavailableNone listed
6addb1d6de1968b84852f54561cc9a999909b5a9affectedgitbd3c4108a56de34380edab670065e86283cb3029UnavailableNone listed
6addb1d6de1968b84852f54561cc9a999909b5a9affectedgit7e55ca1080f09d9f7112c7f20ac31f682c1f2374UnavailableNone listed
6addb1d6de1968b84852f54561cc9a999909b5a9affectedgit90f305f2c7a30257c683e13f4bf7c798eea992a0UnavailableNone listed

Linux

Vendor
Linux
Product
Linux
Platforms
Unknown
Default status
affected
Linux · Scoped product and version facts
Version (version)Status (status)Version scheme (versionType)Exclusive end (lessThan)Inclusive end (lessThanOrEqual)Status changes (at → status)
2.6.24affectedUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableNone listed
0unaffectedsemver2.6.24UnavailableNone listed
5.10.265unaffectedsemverUnavailable5.10.*None listed
5.15.216unaffectedsemverUnavailable5.15.*None listed
6.1.183unaffectedsemverUnavailable6.1.*None listed
6.6.152unaffectedsemverUnavailable6.6.*None listed
6.12.104unaffectedsemverUnavailable6.12.*None listed
6.18.45unaffectedsemverUnavailable6.18.*None listed
7.1.9unaffectedsemverUnavailable7.1.*None listed
7.2unaffectedoriginal_commit_for_fixUnavailable*None listed