CVE-2026-74683
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CVE-2026-74683 is a vulnerability of currently unknown severity. In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Input: evdev - sanitize event type index when fetching event masks The user-supplied event type index passed to EVIOCGMASK / EVIOCSMASK ioctls is used to index the static counts array in evdev_get_mask_cnt() and client evmasks array in evdev_get_mask(). While the event type is architecturally bounded by EV_CNT, speculative execution may mispredict bounds checks and perform out-of-bounds loads. Sanitize the event type index in evdev_get_mask_cnt() branchlessly using array_index_mask_nospec(). This clamps the index to 0 for safe array access and forces the returned count to 0 speculatively when the index is out of bounds. We do not need additional array_index_nospec() calls in evdev_get_mask() because evdev_get_mask_cnt() speculatively forces the count (and resulting xfer_size) to 0 for out-of-bounds types, preventing any speculative memory access to client evmasks array.. EPSS estimates a 0.19% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Input: evdev - sanitize event type index when fetching event masks The user-supplied event type index passed to EVIOCGMASK / EVIOCSMASK ioctls is used to index the static counts array in evdev_get_mask_cnt() and client evmasks array in evdev_get_mask(). While the event type is architecturally bounded by EV_CNT, speculative execution may mispredict bounds checks and perform out-of-bounds loads. Sanitize the event type index in evdev_get_mask_cnt() branchlessly using array_index_mask_nospec(). This clamps the index to 0 for safe array access and forces the returned count to 0 speculatively when the index is out of bounds. We do not need additional array_index_nospec() calls in evdev_get_mask() because evdev_get_mask_cnt() speculatively forces the count (and resulting xfer_size) to 0 for out-of-bounds types, preventing any speculative memory access to client evmasks array.
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Affected Software
Source: CNA advisory (CVE.org). NVD analysis pending.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux | >= 06a16293f71927f756dcf37558a79c0b05a91641, < c79b08d8fa230871a3634e34a66e591ac2d084ef; >= 06a16293f71927f756dcf37558a79c0b05a91641, < f27fa9b39f925d26e034a1f382cb45523138f4ae; >= 06a16293f71927f756dcf37558a79c0b05a91641, < f3fc329acad9a71b3c077237cbac20670d2358c8; >= 06a16293f71927f756dcf37558a79c0b05a91641, < 5db341189bb7ff041d570dbe36ecca7e32913927; >= 06a16293f71927f756dcf37558a79c0b05a91641, < 433913b4a92214d76e9f0c03ad9128fec943d5f8; >= 06a16293f71927f756dcf37558a79c0b05a91641, < 4034ef247a9dde3f56660b01f0c3280dac6b1274; >= 06a16293f71927f756dcf37558a79c0b05a91641, < 810e1883d4815f29c30d900ad7333d03cc2515d1; >= 06a16293f71927f756dcf37558a79c0b05a91641, < 3abd29c61d2ef37c4102cf755b18be53bb9dbea6 |
| Linux | Linux | 4.4 |
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