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CVE-2024-58020: HID: multitouch: Add NULL check in mt_input_configured

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2025-02-27 · updated 2026-10-15
• Weakness: CWE-476

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: HID: multitouch: Add NULL check in mt_input_configured devm_kasprintf() can return a NULL pointer on failure,but this returned value in mt_input_configured() is not checked. Add NULL check in mt_input_configured(), to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference error.

Affected products

• Linux kernel: from 4.14.326 before 4.15; from 4.19.295 before 4.20; from 5.4.257 before 5.5; from 5.10.195 before 5.11; from 5.15.132 before 5.16; from 6.1.53 before 6.1.129 — fixed in 4.15, 4.20, 5.11, 5.16, 5.5, 6.1.129

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Linux kernel 4.15, 4.20, 5.11, 5.16. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2052b44cd0a62b6fdbe3371e5ba6029c56c400ca
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4e7113f591163d99adc7cbcd7295030c8c5d3fc7
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/62f8bf06262b6fc55c58f4c5256140f1382f3b01
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/97c09cc2e72769edb6994b531edcfa313b96bade
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9b8e2220d3a052a690b1d1b23019673e612494c5
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a04d96ef67a42165f93194eef22a270acba4b74c
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a6bfd3856e9f3da083f177753c623d58ba935e0a
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/aa879ef6d3acf96fa2c7122d0632061d4ea58d48
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00028.html
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/05/msg00030.html
• https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-019113.html
• https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-265688.html

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