CVE-2025-38394— HID: appletb-kbd: fix memory corruption of input_handler_list
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Vulnerability Title
HID: appletb-kbd: fix memory corruption of input_handler_list
Source: NVD (National Vulnerability Database)
Vulnerability Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: HID: appletb-kbd: fix memory corruption of input_handler_list In appletb_kbd_probe an input handler is initialised and then registered with input core through input_register_handler(). When this happens input core will add the input handler (specifically its node) to the global input_handler_list. The input_handler_list is central to the functionality of input core and is traversed in various places in input core. An example of this is when a new input device is plugged in and gets registered with input core. The input_handler in probe is allocated as device managed memory. If a probe failure occurs after input_register_handler() the input_handler memory is freed, yet it will remain in the input_handler_list. This effectively means the input_handler_list contains a dangling pointer to data belonging to a freed input handler. This causes an issue when any other input device is plugged in - in my case I had an old PixArt HP USB optical mouse and I decided to plug it in after a failure occurred after input_register_handler(). This lead to the registration of this input device via input_register_device which involves traversing over every handler in the corrupted input_handler_list and calling input_attach_handler(), giving each handler a chance to bind to newly registered device. The core of this bug is a UAF which causes memory corruption of input_handler_list and to fix it we must ensure the input handler is unregistered from input core, this is done through input_unregister_handler(). [ 63.191597] ================================================================== [ 63.192094] BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in input_attach_handler.isra.0+0x1a9/0x1e0 [ 63.192094] Read of size 8 at addr ffff888105ea7c80 by task kworker/0:2/54 [ 63.192094] [ 63.192094] CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 54 Comm: kworker/0:2 Not tainted 6.16.0-rc2-00321-g2aa6621d [ 63.192094] Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.16.2-debian-1.164 [ 63.192094] Workqueue: usb_hub_wq hub_event [ 63.192094] Call Trace: [ 63.192094] <TASK> [ 63.192094] dump_stack_lvl+0x53/0x70 [ 63.192094] print_report+0xce/0x670 [ 63.192094] kasan_report+0xce/0x100 [ 63.192094] input_attach_handler.isra.0+0x1a9/0x1e0 [ 63.192094] input_register_device+0x76c/0xd00 [ 63.192094] hidinput_connect+0x686d/0xad60 [ 63.192094] hid_connect+0xf20/0x1b10 [ 63.192094] hid_hw_start+0x83/0x100 [ 63.192094] hid_device_probe+0x2d1/0x680 [ 63.192094] really_probe+0x1c3/0x690 [ 63.192094] __driver_probe_device+0x247/0x300 [ 63.192094] driver_probe_device+0x49/0x210 [ 63.192094] __device_attach_driver+0x160/0x320 [ 63.192094] bus_for_each_drv+0x10f/0x190 [ 63.192094] __device_attach+0x18e/0x370 [ 63.192094] bus_probe_device+0x123/0x170 [ 63.192094] device_add+0xd4d/0x1460 [ 63.192094] hid_add_device+0x30b/0x910 [ 63.192094] usbhid_probe+0x920/0xe00 [ 63.192094] usb_probe_interface+0x363/0x9a0 [ 63.192094] really_probe+0x1c3/0x690 [ 63.192094] __driver_probe_device+0x247/0x300 [ 63.192094] driver_probe_device+0x49/0x210 [ 63.192094] __device_attach_driver+0x160/0x320 [ 63.192094] bus_for_each_drv+0x10f/0x190 [ 63.192094] __device_attach+0x18e/0x370 [ 63.192094] bus_probe_device+0x123/0x170 [ 63.192094] device_add+0xd4d/0x1460 [ 63.192094] usb_set_configuration+0xd14/0x1880 [ 63.192094] usb_generic_driver_probe+0x78/0xb0 [ 63.192094] usb_probe_device+0xaa/0x2e0 [ 63.192094] really_probe+0x1c3/0x690 [ 63.192094] __driver_probe_device+0x247/0x300 [ 63.192094] driver_probe_device+0x49/0x210 [ 63.192094] __device_attach_driver+0x160/0x320 [ 63.192094] bus_for_each_drv+0x10f/0x190 [ 63.192094] __device_attach+0x18e/0x370 [ 63.192094] bus_probe_device+0x123/0x170 [ 63.192094] device_add+0xd4d/0x1460 [ 63.192094] usb_new_device+0x7b4/0x1000 [ 63.192094] hub_event+0x234d/0x3 ---truncated---
Source: NVD (National Vulnerability Database)
CVSS Information
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Source: NVD (National Vulnerability Database)
Vulnerability Type
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Source: NVD (National Vulnerability Database)
Vulnerability Title
Linux kernel 安全漏洞
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)
Vulnerability Description
Linux kernel是美国Linux基金会的开源操作系统Linux所使用的内核。 Linux kernel存在安全漏洞，该漏洞源于输入处理程序列表内存损坏可能导致崩溃。
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)
CVSS Information
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Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)
Vulnerability Type
N/A
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)
Affected Products
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Same Patch Batch · Linux · 2025-07-25 · 114 CVEs total
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| CVE-2025-38436 | drm/scheduler: signal scheduled fence when kill job | |
| CVE-2025-38435 | riscv: vector: Fix context save/restore with xtheadvector | |
| CVE-2025-38434 | Revert "riscv: Define TASK_SIZE_MAX for __access_ok()" | |
| CVE-2025-38433 | riscv: fix runtime constant support for nommu kernels | |
| CVE-2025-38432 | net: netpoll: Initialize UDP checksum field before checksumming | |
| CVE-2025-38431 | smb: client: fix regression with native SMB symlinks | |
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| CVE-2025-38425 | i2c: tegra: check msg length in SMBUS block read | |
| CVE-2025-38414 | wifi: ath12k: fix GCC_GCC_PCIE_HOT_RST definition for WCN7850 | |
| CVE-2025-38417 | ice: fix eswitch code memory leak in reset scenario | |
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| CVE-2025-38415 | Squashfs: check return result of sb_min_blocksize | |
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