Tracker / CVE-2026-64271
CVE-2026-64271
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Input: touchwin - reset the packet index on every complete packet tw_interrupt() accumulates each non-zero serial byte into a fixed three-byte buffer with a running index that is only reset once a full packet has been received *and* the device's two Y bytes agree: tw->data[tw->idx++] = data; if (tw->idx == TW_LENGTH && tw->data[1] == tw->data[2]) { ... tw->idx = 0; } The reset is gated on tw->data[1] == tw->data[2], a value the device controls. A malicious, malfunctioning or counterfeit Touchwindow peripheral can stream non-zero bytes whose 2nd and 3rd bytes differ: the index reaches TW_LENGTH without the equality holding, is never reset, and keeps growing, so tw->data[tw->idx++] walks off the end of the three-byte array and the rest of the heap-allocated struct tw, one attacker-chosen byte at a time -- an unbounded, device-driven heap out-of-bounds write. Reset the index on every completed packet and report an event only when the two Y bytes match, like the other serio touchscreen drivers do.
Affected products and versions
| linux | linux_kernel · 2.6.19 → 5.10.261 |
|---|---|
| linux | linux_kernel · 5.11 → 5.15.212 |
| linux | linux_kernel · 5.16 → 6.1.178 |
| linux | linux_kernel · 6.13 → 6.18.39 |
| linux | linux_kernel · 6.19 → 7.1.4 |
| linux | linux_kernel · 6.2 → 6.6.145 |
| linux | linux_kernel · 6.7 → 6.12.96 |