Kernel HID driver vulnerable to null-DMA buffer dereference
CVE-2026-23196 Published on February 14, 2026
HID: Intel-thc-hid: Intel-thc: Add safety check for reading DMA buffer
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
HID: Intel-thc-hid: Intel-thc: Add safety check for reading DMA buffer
Add DMA buffer readiness check before reading DMA buffer to avoid
unexpected NULL pointer accessing.
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Affected Versions
Linux:- Version 4138f21115aec3ebae7805ec3407c72d93558023 and below 1e84a807c98a71f767fd1f609637bc5944f916cb is affected.
- Version 4138f21115aec3ebae7805ec3407c72d93558023 and below a9a917998d172ec117f9e9de1919174153c0ace4 is affected.
- Version 6.14 is affected.
- Before 6.14 is unaffected.
- Version 6.18.10, <= 6.18.* is unaffected.
- Version 6.19, <= * is unaffected.
Exploit Probability
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