CVE-2026-74673
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)
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
| Version (version) | Status (status) | Version scheme (versionType) | Exclusive end (lessThan) | Inclusive end (lessThanOrEqual) | Status changes (at → status) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6addb1d6de1968b84852f54561cc9a999909b5a9 | affected | git | d2e3839419ac4047835762c4d7712bda1101b57e | Unavailable | None listed |
| 6addb1d6de1968b84852f54561cc9a999909b5a9 | affected | git | c6d5fa46c1ee25d068fc730fd377f0f54188d290 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 6addb1d6de1968b84852f54561cc9a999909b5a9 | affected | git | e748811d9b80a3e101110ff4b3c612e5fca54d98 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 6addb1d6de1968b84852f54561cc9a999909b5a9 | affected | git | 06a286b320236508d02ab2ccc9496352748652a8 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 6addb1d6de1968b84852f54561cc9a999909b5a9 | affected | git | 7d17e9454a9af3ec7aebb88b41a9deedd5b19a6b | Unavailable | None listed |
| 6addb1d6de1968b84852f54561cc9a999909b5a9 | affected | git | bd3c4108a56de34380edab670065e86283cb3029 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 6addb1d6de1968b84852f54561cc9a999909b5a9 | affected | git | 7e55ca1080f09d9f7112c7f20ac31f682c1f2374 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 6addb1d6de1968b84852f54561cc9a999909b5a9 | affected | git | 90f305f2c7a30257c683e13f4bf7c798eea992a0 | 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.6.24 | affected | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | None listed |
| 0 | unaffected | semver | 2.6.24 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 5.10.265 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 5.10.* | None listed |
| 5.15.216 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 5.15.* | None listed |
| 6.1.183 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 6.1.* | None listed |
| 6.6.152 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 6.6.* | None listed |
| 6.12.104 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 6.12.* | None listed |
| 6.18.45 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 6.18.* | None listed |
| 7.1.9 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 7.1.* | None listed |
| 7.2 | unaffected | original_commit_for_fix | Unavailable | * | None listed |