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CVE-2026-74673

Input: evdev - fix information leak in evdev_pass_values()

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

Input: evdev - fix information leak in evdev_pass_values()

In evdev_pass_values(), the input_event structure is allocated on the
kernel stack and populated field-by-field. However, it is never fully
initialized. On architectures where struct input_event contains explicit
or implicit padding (such as the 32-bit __pad field on SPARC64), these
padding bytes are left uninitialized.

When this event structure is subsequently passed to the client buffer
and later copied to userspace, the uninitialized padding bytes leak
kernel stack memory, potentially exposing sensitive information.

Similar issues exist in __evdev_queue_syn_dropped and __pass_event.

Fix this by explicitly zeroing the entire event structure with memset()
before populating its fields. This ensures all padding bytes are cleared
before the data crosses the security boundary.
Daten sind bereitgestellt durch das CVE Programm von einer CVE Numbering Authority (CNA) (Unstrukturiert).
HerstellerLinux
Produkt Linux
Default Statusunaffected
Version 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2
Version < d2e3839419ac4047835762c4d7712bda1101b57e
Status affected
Version 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2
Version < c6d5fa46c1ee25d068fc730fd377f0f54188d290
Status affected
Version 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2
Version < e748811d9b80a3e101110ff4b3c612e5fca54d98
Status affected
Version 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2
Version < 06a286b320236508d02ab2ccc9496352748652a8
Status affected
Version 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2
Version < 7d17e9454a9af3ec7aebb88b41a9deedd5b19a6b
Status affected
Version 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2
Version < bd3c4108a56de34380edab670065e86283cb3029
Status affected
Version 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2
Version < 7e55ca1080f09d9f7112c7f20ac31f682c1f2374
Status affected
Version 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2
Version < 90f305f2c7a30257c683e13f4bf7c798eea992a0
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Version 0
Version < 5.10.265
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Version 0
Version < 5.15.216
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Version 0
Version < 6.1.183
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Version 0
Version < 6.6.152
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Version 0
Version < 6.12.104
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Version 0
Version < 6.18.45
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Version < 7.1.9
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HerstellerLinux
Produkt Linux
Default Statusaffected
Version <= 5.10.*
Version 5.10.265
Status unaffected
Version <= 5.15.*
Version 5.15.216
Status unaffected
Version <= 6.1.*
Version 6.1.183
Status unaffected
Version <= 6.6.*
Version 6.6.152
Status unaffected
Version <= 6.12.*
Version 6.12.104
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Version 6.18.45
Status unaffected
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Version 7.1.9
Status unaffected
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Version 7.2
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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/06a286b320236508d02ab2ccc9496352748652a8
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7d17e9454a9af3ec7aebb88b41a9deedd5b19a6b
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7e55ca1080f09d9f7112c7f20ac31f682c1f2374
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/90f305f2c7a30257c683e13f4bf7c798eea992a0
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bd3c4108a56de34380edab670065e86283cb3029
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c6d5fa46c1ee25d068fc730fd377f0f54188d290
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d2e3839419ac4047835762c4d7712bda1101b57e
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e748811d9b80a3e101110ff4b3c612e5fca54d98