CVE-2026-31524

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: HID: asus: avoid memory leak in asus_report_fixup() The asus_report_fixup() function was returning a newly allocated kmemdup()-allocated buffer, but never freeing it. Switch to devm_kzalloc() to ensure the memory is managed and freed automatically when the device is removed. The caller of report_fixup() does not take ownership of the returned pointer, but it is permitted to return a pointer whose lifetime is at least that of the input buffer. Also fix a harmless out-of-bounds read by copying only the original descriptor size.

CVSS v3 5.5 MEDIUM

5.5^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2bad24c17742fc88973d6aea526ce1353f5334a3	Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2e4fe6b15c2f390c023b20d728b1a3fe7ea4f973	Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/726765b43deb2b4723869d673cc5fc6f7a3b2059	Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7a6d6e4d8af044f94fa97e97af5ff2771e1fbebd	Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/84724ac4821a160d47b84289adf139023027bdbb	Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a41cc7c1668e44ff2c2d36f9a6353253ffc43e3c	Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ede95cfcab8064d9a08813fbd7ed42cea8843dcf	Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f20f17cffbe34fb330267e0f8084f5565f807444	Patch

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

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History

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Information

Published : 2026-04-22 14:16

Updated : 2026-06-17 10:33

NVD link : CVE-2026-31524

Mitre link : CVE-2026-31524

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-31524

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Products Affected

linux

linux_kernel

CWE

CWE-401

Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime

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