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CVE-2026-64014
Input: usbtouchscreen - clamp NEXIO data_len/x_len to URB buffer size
Published 2026-07-19 (3 months ago) by the Linux kernel CNA. Subsystem drivers/input. Debian urgency: not yet assigned.
What to do, per Debian release
Debian's own status for CVE-2026-64014 in every release this site tracks, and what each one means in practice. Every status below is the one the Debian Security Team publishes for this CVE. source
| Release | Status | Version | What this means |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian 12bookworm | fixed | 6.1.176-1 | Update the kernel and reboot. Fixed in 6.1.176-1. A running kernel keeps the old code until the machine restarts. |
| Debian 13trixie | fixed | 6.12.94-1 | Update the kernel and reboot. Fixed in 6.12.94-1. A running kernel keeps the old code until the machine restarts. |
| Debian 14forky | fixed | 7.0.12-1 | Update the kernel and reboot. Fixed in 7.0.12-1. A running kernel keeps the old code until the machine restarts. |
| Debian unstablesid | fixed | 7.0.12-1 | Update the kernel and reboot. Fixed in 7.0.12-1. A running kernel keeps the old code until the machine restarts. |
The vulnerability
What the bug is
nexio_read_data() pulls data_len and x_len from a packed __be16 header in the device's interrupt packet and then walks packet->data[0..x_len) and packet->data[x_len..data_len) comparing each byte against a threshold. Both fields are 16-bit on the wire (max 65535). The existing adjustments shave at most 0x100 / 0x80 off, so the loop bound can still reach roughly 0xfeff. The URB transfer buffer for NEXIO is rept_size (1024) bytes from usb_alloc_coherent(), with the first 7 occupied by the packed header — so packet->data[] has 1017 valid bytes. read_data() callbacks are not given urb->actual_length, and nothing else bounds the walk. A device that lies about its length can get a ~64 KiB out-of-bounds read past the coherent DMA allocation. The first index whose byte exceeds NEXIO_THRESHOLD lands in begin_x / begin_y and from there into the reported touch coordinates, so adjacent kernel memory contents leak to userspace as ABS_X / ABS_Y events. Far enough out, the read can also hit an unmapped page and fault. Fix this all by clamping data_len to the buffer's data[] capacity and x_len to data_len.
Where it lives
The fix touches these files. If the subsystem is one you do not use, the practical exposure is lower, though the package is still the vulnerable one.
drivers/input/touchscreen/usbtouchscreen.c
- What this is
- INPUT (KEYBOARD, MOUSE, JOYSTICK, TOUCHSCREEN) DRIVERSMAINTAINERS section matched on drivers/input/ · linux-input@vger.kernel.org · Maintained
- Kernel module
- usbtouchscreen
Check it on the machine
grep -wE 'CONFIG_INPUT|CONFIG_INPUT_TOUCHSCREEN|CONFIG_TOUCHSCREEN_USB_COMPOSITE' /boot/config-$(uname -r)Reads the booted kernel's own configuration, on the machine and nowhere else. =y is built in, =m is a module, and an is not set line means the code is not there.
lsmod | grep -w usbtouchscreenPrints a line if that module is loaded right now, and nothing if it is not. One that is not loaded can still be loaded later by anything that needs it.
Show whether Debian builds this, per release
Debian builds this, but not on every flavour. At least one release below builds the code on some of its kernel flavours and not on others, so the answer depends on the architecture and flavour installed.
- bookwormMnot built on amd64/cloud-amd64, arm64/cloud-arm64
- trixieMnot built on amd64/cloud-amd64, arm64/cloud-arm64, armel/rpi, riscv64/riscv64, s390x/s390x
- forky, sidMnot built on amd64/cloud-amd64, arm64/cloud-arm64, loong64/loong64, riscv64/riscv64, s390x/s390x
- M
- a module where it is built at all; some flavours do not build it
- Build switches
- CONFIG_INPUT, CONFIG_INPUT_TOUCHSCREEN, CONFIG_TOUCHSCREEN_USB_COMPOSITE
- Reads as
- all on means the file is compiled; any one off means it is not.
From the configuration Debian publishes for every kernel flavour it builds. It covers only the architectures Debian ships a linux-config package for, and nothing about a kernel you built yourself. Debian's own status above stays authoritative about the source package.MAINTAINERS kbuild Makefiles Debian linux-config packages
Signals
- Published
- 2026-07-19 (3 months ago)source
- CVSS
- no vector published, unrated
- Attack vector
- not published
- EPSS
- 0.13%, higher than 2.0% of all CVEssource
- CISA KEV
- not listedthe KEV catalogue
- Debian urgency
- not yet assignedsource
- Subsystem
- drivers/input
Upstream fixes
The versions the CNA records as introducing and fixing this, and the commit for each. source
| Introduced | Fixed in | Commit |
|---|---|---|
| 2.6.34 | 5.10.259 | 45c829e5eb3b |
| 2.6.34 | 5.15.210 | e7cdcb266ba0 |
| 2.6.34 | 6.1.176 | 95f47331dfde |
| 2.6.34 | 6.6.143 | d883312061cc |
| 2.6.34 | 6.12.93 | 103d2de9f505 |
| 2.6.34 | 6.18.35 | 0ca809ea8e03 |
| 2.6.34 | 7.0.12 | 7585b6aa55d8 |
| 2.6.34 | 7.1 | 2905281cbda5 |
Why the CNA scored it this way
The kernel CNA published no CVSS vector and no reasoning for CVE-2026-64014, which is why it is shown as unrated rather than given an invented score. 6,405 of the 20,413 CVEs here carry reasoning; this is not one of them.