CVE-2026-23196 (GCVE-0-2026-23196)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-02-14 16:27 – Updated: 2026-05-11 22:02
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Title
HID: Intel-thc-hid: Intel-thc: Add safety check for reading DMA buffer
Summary
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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Linux Linux Affected: 4138f21115aec3ebae7805ec3407c72d93558023 , < 1e84a807c98a71f767fd1f609637bc5944f916cb (git)
Affected: 4138f21115aec3ebae7805ec3407c72d93558023 , < a9a917998d172ec117f9e9de1919174153c0ace4 (git)
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Linux Linux Affected: 6.14
Unaffected: 0 , < 6.14 (semver)
Unaffected: 6.18.10 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.19 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)
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