Medium 5.5Published Apr 22, 2026

CVE-2026-31520HID: apple: avoid memory leak in apple_report_fixup()

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 28, 2026, 11:00 AM ET)

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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: HID: apple: avoid memory leak in apple_report_fixup() The apple_report_fixup() function was returning a newly kmemdup()-allocated buffer, but never freeing it. The caller of report_fixup() does not take ownership of the returned pointer, but it *is* permitted to return a sub-portion of the input rdesc, whose lifetime is managed by the caller.

CVSS: 5.5 MEDIUM (v3.1, NVD)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness (CWE): Not given
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: Linux
NVD analysis: Analyzed
Record last updated: May 11, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

Linux Linux linux:linux (from the name)	from 6e143293e17a73c9313f91c5ca3aaacbaef030cf before e2f090aeb7b9930a964e151910f4d45b04c8a7e5; from 6e143293e17a73c9313f91c5ca3aaacbaef030cf before 2635d0c715f3fb177e0f80ecd5fa48feb6bf3884; from 6e143293e17a73c9313f91c5ca3aaacbaef030cf before 31860c3f7ac66ab897a8c90dc4e74fa17ca0b624; from 6e143293e17a73c9313f91c5ca3aaacbaef030cf before be1a341c161430282acdfe2ac99b413271575cf1; from 6e143293e17a73c9313f91c5ca3aaacbaef030cf before e652ebd29928181c3e6820e303da25873e9917d4; from 6e143293e17a73c9313f91c5ca3aaacbaef030cf before 239c15116d80f67d32f00acc34575f1a6b699613	CNA record
linux linux_kernel linux:linux_kernel	from 5.17 before 6.1.168; from 6.2 before 6.6.131; from 6.7 before 6.12.80; from 6.13 before 6.18.21; from 6.19 before 6.19.11; 7.0; 7.0	NVD

References

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e2f090aeb7b9930a964e151910f4d45b04c8a7e5	patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2635d0c715f3fb177e0f80ecd5fa48feb6bf3884	patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/31860c3f7ac66ab897a8c90dc4e74fa17ca0b624	patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/be1a341c161430282acdfe2ac99b413271575cf1	patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e652ebd29928181c3e6820e303da25873e9917d4	patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/239c15116d80f67d32f00acc34575f1a6b699613	patch

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