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CVE-2026-31625

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference
Publication date:
24/04/2026
Last modified:
27/04/2026

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:<br /> <br /> HID: alps: fix NULL pointer dereference in alps_raw_event()<br /> <br /> Commit ecfa6f34492c ("HID: Add HID_CLAIMED_INPUT guards in raw_event<br /> callbacks missing them") attempted to fix up the HID drivers that had<br /> missed the previous fix that was done in 2ff5baa9b527 ("HID: appleir:<br /> Fix potential NULL dereference at raw event handle"), but the alps<br /> driver was missed.<br /> <br /> Fix this up by properly checking in the hid-alps driver that it had been<br /> claimed correctly before attempting to process the raw event.

Impact

Vector 3.x
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 5.50 MEDIUM
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): Low
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): High

Base Score 3.x
5.50
Severity 3.x
MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 4.15 (including) 6.6.136 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 6.7 (including) 6.12.83 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 6.13 (including) 6.18.24 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 6.19 (including) 6.19.14 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 7.0 (including) 7.0.1 (excluding)

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page


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