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CVE-2026-31520 Detail

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: HID: apple: avoid memory leak in apple_report_fixup() The apple_report_fixup() function was returning a newly kmemdup()-allocated buffer, but never freeing it. The caller of report_fixup() does not take ownership of the returned pointer, but it *is* permitted to return a sub-portion of the input rdesc, whose lifetime is managed by the caller.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/239c15116d80f67d32f00acc34575f1a6b699613 kernel.org Patch 
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2635d0c715f3fb177e0f80ecd5fa48feb6bf3884 kernel.org Patch 
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/31860c3f7ac66ab897a8c90dc4e74fa17ca0b624 kernel.org Patch 
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/be1a341c161430282acdfe2ac99b413271575cf1 kernel.org Patch 
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e2f090aeb7b9930a964e151910f4d45b04c8a7e5 kernel.org Patch 
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e652ebd29928181c3e6820e303da25873e9917d4 kernel.org Patch 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-401 Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2026-31520
NVD Published Date:
04/22/2026
NVD Last Modified:
04/28/2026
Source:
kernel.org