Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published May 6, 2026· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2026-43251
CVE-2026-43251
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
HID: prodikeys: Check presence of pm->input_ep82
Fake USB devices can send their own report descriptors for which the input_mapping() hook does not get called. In this case, pm->input_ep82 stays NULL, which leads to a crash later.
This does not happen with the real device, but can be provoked by imposing as one.
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Affected products
16- osv-coords14 versionspkg:linux/kernelpkg:rpm/opensuse/dtb-aarch64&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-64kb&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-azure&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-default&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-default-base&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-docs&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-kvmsmall&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-obs-build&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-obs-qa&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-rt&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-source&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-syms&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0pkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-zfcpdump&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0
>= 2.6.35, < 5.10.252+ 13 more
- (no CPE)range: >= 2.6.35, < 5.10.252
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.37.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.37.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.37.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.37.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.37.1.160000.2.19
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.37.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.37.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.37.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.37.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.37.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.37.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.37.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.0-160000.37.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
8- git.kernel.org/stable/c/3f1b21cc67a15d7d081378a9b8747dd000a017b8nvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/cee8337e1bad168136aecfe6416ecd7d3aa7529anvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/d08f35f843881ec504d7537a9bb728a073db3366nvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/d5512ce892f774d37c53082adadfcad04f21b50envdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/e7ac1cd823cd2e9fcbd5cb0b261d6d35dbb79341nvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/edccbf7d6dc05d692bde3a89de5a4001f72a0fa4nvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/ee572578f09f0e743e9383393a75c3a7a0f9b4c2nvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/f580c79683356632f12f2c2029f2fe936d953aa1nvdPatch
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