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CVE-2026-89622 (GCVE-0-2026-89622)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-09-11 19:45 – Updated: 2026-09-13 06:32
VLAI
Title
HID: mcp2221: clear rxbuf after I2C/SMBus transfer completes
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: HID: mcp2221: clear rxbuf after I2C/SMBus transfer completes mcp_i2c_smbus_read() stores the caller-supplied buffer pointer in mcp->rxbuf for the duration of a transfer but never clears it when the transfer finishes or times out. Once the caller frees or reuses the buffer, mcp->rxbuf becomes a dangling pointer. A delayed or spurious MCP2221_I2C_GET_DATA report can then drive mcp2221_raw_event() to memcpy device data into the freed memory, causing a write use-after-free. Route all return paths through a single exit point that clears mcp->rxbuf and mcp->rxbuf_size, so that the existing !mcp->rxbuf guard in the raw_event handler can reject any report arriving after the transfer has ended.
Severity
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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References
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Vendor Product Version CPE status
Linux Linux Affected: 67a95c21463d066060b0f66d65a75d45bb386ffb , < 03c34309eb1bce1b3b5f7c4a94b703f419120383 (git)
Affected: 67a95c21463d066060b0f66d65a75d45bb386ffb , < 968546b676d992dd1da3e057d40598231f725996 (git)
Affected: 67a95c21463d066060b0f66d65a75d45bb386ffb , < db2333f88729c8aae062cb171ed058725ff5c901 (git)
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Linux Linux Affected: 5.7
Unaffected: 0 , < 5.7 (semver)
Unaffected: 6.18.51 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver)
Unaffected: 7.2.4 , ≤ 7.2.* (semver)
Unaffected: 7.3-rc1 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)
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