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CVE-2026-64427

Low risk· EPSS 7%
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.17%

7th percentile - higher than 7% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel, a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability was found in the HID logitech-dj driver during DJ_SHORT report validation. The issue occurs when a crafted HID descriptor contains only padding output items, leaving maxfield as zero, and the code dereferences field[0] in the error path.

Risk Assessment

An attacker can exploit this by sending a malicious HID descriptor to an emulated Logitech receiver, causing a kernel panic during device probe. This leads to a denial of service (DoS) at the kernel level.

Recommendation

Immediately update the Linux kernel to a version containing the fix that rejects zero-field reports before accessing field[0]. Check your distribution for the available patch and apply it.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: HID: logitech-dj: Fix maxfield check in DJ short report validation Commit b6a57912854e ("HID: logitech-dj: Prevent REPORT_ID_DJ_SHORT related user initiated OOB write") added validation for the DJ short output report, but the error path dereferences rep->field[0] even when rep->maxfield is zero. Commit 8b9a097eb2fc ("HID: logitech-dj: fix wrong detection of bad DJ_SHORT output report") made the check conditional on rep being present, but a crafted descriptor can still create report ID 0x20 with only padding output items. hid-core registers the report, ignores the padding field, and leaves rep->maxfield as zero. In that case the validation enters the rep->maxfield < 1 branch and then dereferences rep->field[0]->report_count while printing the error message, causing a NULL pointer dereference during probe. This is reproducible with uhid by emulating a Logitech receiver with a padding-only DJ short output report: BUG: KASAN: null-ptr-deref in logi_dj_probe+0xb1/0x754 [hid_logitech_dj] Read of size 4 at addr 0000000000000028 by task kworker/4:1/129 ... Call Trace: logi_dj_probe+0xb1/0x754 [hid_logitech_dj] hid_device_probe+0x329/0x3f0 [hid] really_probe+0x162/0x570 __device_attach+0x137/0x2c0 bus_probe_device+0x38/0xc0 device_add+0xa56/0xce0 hid_add_device+0x19c/0x280 [hid] uhid_device_add_worker+0x2c/0xb0 [uhid] Reject the zero-field report before printing the field report_count.

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