CVE-2026-64274: Input: goodix - clamp the device-reported contact count

High 7.8 EPSS 0.2% Linux kernel

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Input: goodix - clamp the device-reported contact count goodix_ts_read_input_report() copies the number of touch points reported by the device into an on-stack buffer u8 point_data[2 + GOODIX_MAX_CONTACT_SIZE * GOODIX_MAX_CONTACTS]; which is sized for at most GOODIX_MAX_CONTACTS (10) contacts. The only runtime check bounds the per-interrupt count against ts->max_touch_num, but that value is taken verbatim from a 4-bit field of the device configuration block and is never clamped: ts->max_touch_num = ts->config[MAX_CONTACTS_LOC] & 0x0f; The nibble can be 0..15, so a malfunctioning, malicious or counterfeit controller (or an attacker tampering with the I2C bus) can advertise up to 15 contacts. goodix_ts_read_input_report() then accepts a touch_num of up to 15 and the second goodix_i2c_read() writes ts->contact_size * (touch_num - 1) bytes past the one-contact header into point_data - up to 30 bytes (45 with the 9-byte report format) beyond the 92-byte buffer: a stack out-of-bounds write. Clamp max_touch_num to GOODIX_MAX_CONTACTS, the number of contacts point_data[] is sized for, when reading it from the configuration.

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What to do now

  1. Check whether you run Linux kernel and which version (commands below).
  2. Install the fixed version for your system: see “Patch it” below.
  3. Reboot into the new kernel (uname -r to confirm); live patching (kpatch, Ubuntu Livepatch, SUSE kGraft/klp) can defer the reboot for some CVEs

Affected and fixed versions

Affected:

Patch it

Use the commands for your system. Distribution packages often keep an older version number with the fix backported, so compare with the fixed package versions in the table below, not only with the upstream version.

Debian
sudo apt update
sudo apt install --only-upgrade linux-image-amd64
Ubuntu
sudo apt update
sudo apt install --only-upgrade linux-image-generic (or the installed flavour: linux-image-aws, -azure, -gcp, -virtual)
RHEL, AlmaLinux, Rocky, Oracle
sudo dnf upgrade --refresh kernel
Fedora
sudo dnf upgrade --refresh kernel
SUSE / openSUSE
sudo zypper refresh
sudo zypper update kernel-default
Amazon Linux
sudo dnf upgrade --releasever=latest kernel kernel6.12
Arch Linux
sudo pacman -Syu
Alpine
apk update && apk upgrade linux-lts linux-virt
FreeBSD
not Linux

General update steps for every system are on the Linux and Unix & BSD pages; after updating, see which services to restart.

Fix status in Linux distributions

ReleasePackageStatusFixed version / advisory
Debian 12linuxfixed6.1.180-1
Debian 13linuxfixed6.12.96-1
Debian testinglinuxfixed7.1.4-1
Debian 12linux-6.12fixed6.12.100-1~deb12u1

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Sources

Page generated automatically from official sources on 2026-11-03 18:05 UTC. Always confirm with your vendor's advisory.