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Linux Kernel: Intel HID Driver Reads Unprepared Data
UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23196
Summary
A flaw in the Linux kernel's Intel HID driver could cause the system to crash or behave unexpectedly. This has been fixed by adding a safety check to ensure that data is ready before it's read. Users should update their Linux kernel to the fixed version to avoid potential issues.
What to do
No fix is available yet. Check with your software vendor for updates.
Affected software
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fix available |
|---|---|---|---|
| canonical | linux | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-aws | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-azure | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-lts-xenial | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-aws | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-aws-hwe | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-azure | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-gcp | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-hwe | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-hwe-edge | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-kvm | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-oracle | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-fips | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-fips | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-aws | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-aws-5.0 | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-aws-5.3 | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-aws-5.4 | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-azure | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-azure-4.15 | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-azure-5.3 | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-azure-5.4 | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-azure-edge | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-gcp | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-gcp-4.15 | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-gcp-5.3 | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-gcp-5.4 | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-gke-4.15 | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-gke-5.4 | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-gkeop-5.4 | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-hwe | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-hwe-5.4 | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-hwe-edge | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-ibm-5.4 | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-kvm | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-oem | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-oracle | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-oracle-5.0 | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-oracle-5.3 | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-oracle-5.4 | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-raspi-5.4 | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-aws-fips | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-azure-fips | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-fips | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-gcp-fips | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-aws-fips | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-azure-fips | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-fips | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-gcp-fips | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-aws | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-aws-5.11 | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-aws-5.13 | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-aws-5.15 | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-aws-5.8 | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-azure | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-azure-5.11 | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-azure-5.13 | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-azure-5.15 | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-azure-5.8 | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-azure-fde | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-azure-fde-5.15 | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-bluefield | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-gcp | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-gcp-5.11 | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-gcp-5.13 | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-gcp-5.15 | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-gcp-5.8 | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-gke | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-gke-5.15 | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-gkeop | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-gkeop-5.15 | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-hwe-5.11 | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-hwe-5.13 | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-hwe-5.15 | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-hwe-5.8 | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-ibm | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-ibm-5.15 | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-intel-5.13 | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-intel-iotg-5.15 | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-iot | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-kvm | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.15 | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-nvidia-tegra-5.15 | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-oem-5.10 | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-oem-5.13 | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-oem-5.14 | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-oem-5.6 | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-oracle | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-oracle-5.11 | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-oracle-5.13 | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-oracle-5.15 | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-oracle-5.8 | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-raspi | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-raspi2 | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-riscv | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-riscv-5.11 | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-riscv-5.15 | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-riscv-5.8 | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-xilinx-zynqmp | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-aws-fips | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-azure-fips | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-fips | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-gcp-fips | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-aws-fips | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-azure-fips | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-fips | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-gcp-fips | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-allwinner-5.19 | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-aws | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-aws-5.19 | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-aws-6.2 | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-aws-6.5 | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-aws-6.8 | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-azure | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-azure-5.19 | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-azure-6.2 | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-azure-6.5 | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-azure-6.8 | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-azure-fde | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-azure-fde-5.19 | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-azure-fde-6.2 | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-azure-fde-6.8 | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-gcp | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-gcp-5.19 | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-gcp-6.2 | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-gcp-6.5 | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-gcp-6.8 | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-gke | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-gkeop | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-hwe-5.19 | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-hwe-6.2 | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-hwe-6.5 | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-hwe-6.8 | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-ibm | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-ibm-6.8 | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-intel-iot-realtime | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-intel-iotg | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-kvm | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-lowlatency | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19 | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2 | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5 | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.8 | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-nvidia | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-nvidia-6.2 | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-nvidia-6.5 | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-nvidia-6.8 | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-nvidia-tegra | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-nvidia-tegra-igx | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-oem-5.17 | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-oem-6.0 | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-oem-6.1 | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-oem-6.5 | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-oracle | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-oracle-6.5 | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-oracle-6.8 | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-raspi | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-realtime | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-riscv | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-riscv-5.19 | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-riscv-6.5 | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-riscv-6.8 | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-starfive-5.19 | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-starfive-6.2 | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-starfive-6.5 | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-xilinx-zynqmp | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-bluefield | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-aws-fips | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-azure-fips | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-fips | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-gcp-fips | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-aws-fips | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-azure-fips | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-fips | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-gcp-fips | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-intel-iot-realtime | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-realtime | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-realtime-6.8 | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-aws | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-aws-6.14 | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-aws-6.17 | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-azure | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-azure-6.11 | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-azure-6.14 | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-azure-6.17 | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-azure-fde | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-azure-fde-6.14 | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-azure-fde-6.17 | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-azure-nvidia | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-azure-nvidia-6.14 | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-gcp | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-gcp-6.11 | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-gcp-6.14 | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-gcp-6.17 | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-gke | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-gkeop | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-hwe-6.11 | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-hwe-6.14 | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-hwe-6.17 | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-ibm | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-lowlatency | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.11 | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-nvidia | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-nvidia-6.11 | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-nvidia-lowlatency | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-nvidia-tegra | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-oem-6.11 | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-oem-6.14 | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-oem-6.17 | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-oem-6.8 | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-oracle | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-oracle-6.14 | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-oracle-6.17 | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-raspi | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-raspi-realtime | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-realtime | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-riscv | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-riscv-6.14 | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-riscv-6.17 | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-xilinx | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-aws-fips | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-azure-fips | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-fips | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-gcp-fips | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-raspi-realtime | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-realtime | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-realtime-6.14 | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-aws | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-azure | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-azure-fde | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-gcp | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-oracle | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-raspi | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-realtime | All versions | – |
| canonical | linux-riscv | All versions | – |
Original title
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 t...
Original description
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.
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-23196 Third Party Advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-23196 Third Party Advisory
- https://git.kernel.org/linus/a9a917998d172ec117f9e9de1919174153c0ace4 Third Party Advisory
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1e84a807c98a71f767fd1f609637bc5944f916cb Third Party Advisory
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a9a917998d172ec117f9e9de1919174153c0ace4 Third Party Advisory
Published: 14 Feb 2026 · Updated: 13 Mar 2026 · First seen: 9 Mar 2026