CVE-2026-64271

Technical Description

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 repo

Remediation

Check the references section for vendor advisories and patches from linux. Update linux_kernel to the latest patched version. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.

Affected Products

References