CVE-2026-80772

Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-80772
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-80772.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2026-80772
Downstream
Published
2026-09-04T15:12:44.445Z
Modified
2026-09-06T03:46:43.548111309Z
Summary
HID: nintendo: fix out-of-bounds read in joycon_ctlr_read_handler()
Details

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

HID: nintendo: fix out-of-bounds read in joyconctlrread_handler()

joyconctlrreadhandler() casts an incoming HID input report to struct joyconinput_report and parses it, guarding the cast only with a 12-byte length check:

if (size >= 12) /* make sure it contains the input report */
    joycon_parse_report(ctlr, (struct joycon_input_report *)data);

struct joyconinputreport is 49 bytes: a 13-byte header followed by a union whose IMU arm is 36 bytes. For an IMU report joyconparsereport() -> joyconparseimureport() walks that union (struct offsets 13..48), so a report of exactly 12 bytes with data[0] == JCINPUTIMUDATA passes the guard yet is read up to 37 bytes past its declared length. The over-read bytes are decoded into accelerometer/gyroscope values and forwarded to userspace through the "(IMU)" input device, leaking driver-internal memory. data[0] and size are fully controlled by a malicious or spoofed Joy-Con/Pro Controller.

Receive buffers are sized to the maximum report length, so this is an over-read within the allocation rather than a slab OOB, but the decoded bytes still reach userspace.

The sibling subcmd path in joyconctlrhandle_event() already bounds the same cast correctly:

if (size < sizeof(struct joycon_input_report) ||
    data[0] != JC_INPUT_SUBCMD_REPLY)
    break;

Use the same sizeof(struct joyconinputreport) bound here.

Database specific
{
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/80xxx/CVE-2026-80772.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
2af16c1f846bd60240745bbd3afa13d5f040c61a
Fixed
33ea29f8b6141f2d265de807e110a6435b355cb0
Fixed
bd397c4123a4bc084913d8c7fdb40ef94e9f8172
Fixed
addca61f9a23c0d20a387c2040e70479f54518e1
Fixed
51cfd1adbe7a46bb08af162abb3ab3b6820e2d15
Fixed
d4cabd4089adb59cf7974915737c52cc47a9bb1b
Fixed
34725ed4719da424113db8449fb5485aaf71a913
Fixed
27b376b945c0aac46fcdfcc950b14a85b874b557

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-80772.json"

Linux / Kernel

Package

Name
Kernel

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
5.16.0
Fixed
6.1.185
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.2.0
Fixed
6.6.154
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.7.0
Fixed
6.12.106
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.13.0
Fixed
6.18.47
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.19.0
Fixed
7.1.11
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
7.2.0
Fixed
7.2.1

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-80772.json"