CVE-2026-64271

Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-64271
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-64271.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2026-64271
Downstream
Related
Published
2026-07-25T08:49:18.160Z
Modified
2026-08-18T03:30:50.075707027Z
Summary
Input: touchwin - reset the packet index on every complete packet
Details

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

Input: touchwin - reset the packet index on every complete packet

tw_interrupt() accumulates each non-zero serial byte into a fixed three-byte buffer with a running index that is only reset once a full packet has been received and the device's two Y bytes agree:

tw->data[tw->idx++] = data;
if (tw->idx == TW_LENGTH && tw->data[1] == tw->data[2]) {
    ...
    tw->idx = 0;
}

The reset is gated on tw->data[1] == tw->data[2], a value the device controls. A malicious, malfunctioning or counterfeit Touchwindow peripheral can stream non-zero bytes whose 2nd and 3rd bytes differ: the index reaches TW_LENGTH without the equality holding, is never reset, and keeps growing, so tw->data[tw->idx++] walks off the end of the three-byte array and the rest of the heap-allocated struct tw, one attacker-chosen byte at a time -- an unbounded, device-driven heap out-of-bounds write.

Reset the index on every completed packet and report an event only when the two Y bytes match, like the other serio touchscreen drivers do.

Database specific
{
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/64xxx/CVE-2026-64271.json",
    "cna_assigner": "Linux"
}
References

Affected packages

Git / git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
11ea3173d5f2de71d037ef58ac43395795fed2bc
Fixed
ed9b66905407eb3d02df1aaeed82eb7a7f0eb508
Fixed
044167cba2384bcd783547ad5e30ecd292b30919
Fixed
6c9f29f128dd4057404838259af4c645318487e1
Fixed
431ad239f2924dff337c3fccb9246597c1b63185
Fixed
70e4248793762df9832fd4fc2fc6ac7924572c36
Fixed
3e6f007b43e2fc6546e21fa74ee62c38984a6672
Fixed
a8d87184576c889759e3aab899799a482f1e1a5b
Fixed
478cdd736f2ce3114f90e775d7358136d3977b94

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-64271.json"

Linux / Kernel

Package

Name
Kernel

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
2.6.19
Fixed
5.10.261
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
5.11.0
Fixed
5.15.212
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
5.16.0
Fixed
6.1.178
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.2.0
Fixed
6.6.145
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.7.0
Fixed
6.12.96
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.13.0
Fixed
6.18.39
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.19.0
Fixed
7.1.4

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-64271.json"