# CVE-2026-80782: HID: magicmouse: do not keep a stale msc-\>input if no input is claimed

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 3.9, 5.10.269, 5.15.218, 6.1.185, 6.6.154, and 4 more
- Published: 2026-09-04 · Updated: 2026-10-19

## Affected

- Linux: from f1a9a149abc86903e81dd1b2e720f3f89874384b, fixed in c3597923932bb90d4fc2186aef552f6677175e4a; from f1a9a149abc86903e81dd1b2e720f3f89874384b, fixed in e0c224c93d10ee38854fdf24c815108aedd3dcb3; from f1a9a149abc86903e81dd1b2e720f3f89874384b, fixed in 403cc9bd6ccb9fbe68d501c3236e5a6dd5504e14; from f1a9a149abc86903e81dd1b2e720f3f89874384b, fixed in 3d7a7bac4c75f25b2513505a0ac5ba909588ed2b; from f1a9a149abc86903e81dd1b2e720f3f89874384b, fixed in 9bdf8c7bfd79f1090e61d28f969b32880fd77bb3; from f1a9a149abc86903e81dd1b2e720f3f89874384b, fixed in 15b60ade825c8ce9ec560048a4ae3747e4572be3; from f1a9a149abc86903e81dd1b2e720f3f89874384b, fixed in 0bf253e9ac994cb5329bc87b00bb4eeca9136791; from f1a9a149abc86903e81dd1b2e720f3f89874384b, fixed in 2ef16934e069d5f771e989d6ee5c3ece5042f3cd; from f1a9a149abc86903e81dd1b2e720f3f89874384b, fixed in 0af3b89705688af01aa06025b84fa7a1e06ba6cc; from 3.8.7, fixed in 3.9
- Linux: 3.9
- Kernel (Linux): from 3.9.0, fixed in 5.10.269; from 5.11.0, fixed in 5.15.218; from 5.16.0, fixed in 6.1.185; from 6.2.0, fixed in 6.6.154; from 6.7.0, fixed in 6.12.106; from 6.13.0, fixed in 6.18.47; from 6.19.0, fixed in 7.1.11; from 7.2.0, fixed in 7.2.1

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: HID: magicmouse: do not keep a stale msc->input if no input is claimed magicmouse_input_mapping() caches the first hid_input's input_dev in msc->input while the report descriptor is parsed, and the rest of the driver treats a non-NULL msc->input as proof that an input device was registered. That does not hold on the hid-input error path. If hidinput_connect() fails -- for instance because input_register_device() returns an error -- it unwinds through hidinput_disconnect(), which frees every input_dev it created, including the one cached in msc->input. The failure does not abort the probe. hid_connect() only skips the claim: if ((connect_mask & HID_CONNECT_HIDINPUT) && !hidinput_connect(hdev, connect_mask & HID_CONNECT_HIDINPUT_FORCE)) hdev->claimed |= HID_CLAIMED_INPUT; and the "device has no listeners" bailout below it does not fire for this driver, which sets ->raw_event; on the USB Magic Mouse 2 / Magic Trackpad 2 paths hidraw and hiddev are claimed as well. hid_hw_start() therefore returns 0 and magicmouse_probe() continues with msc->input pointing at freed memory. Being non-NULL, it passes the "input not registered" check in probe and the NULL checks in ->raw_event and ->event, so the next input report dereferences freed memory. Clear msc->input when the HID core did not claim an input device, so the existing NULL checks cover this case as well.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Linux kernel, upgrade to a fixed version (3.9, 5.10.269, 5.15.218, 6.1.185, 6.6.154) per the references below.
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## Related

- Browse: [Linux kernel](https://cve.now/tech/linux-kernel.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c3597923932bb90d4fc2186aef552f6677175e4a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e0c224c93d10ee38854fdf24c815108aedd3dcb3
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/403cc9bd6ccb9fbe68d501c3236e5a6dd5504e14
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3d7a7bac4c75f25b2513505a0ac5ba909588ed2b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9bdf8c7bfd79f1090e61d28f969b32880fd77bb3
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/15b60ade825c8ce9ec560048a4ae3747e4572be3
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0bf253e9ac994cb5329bc87b00bb4eeca9136791
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2ef16934e069d5f771e989d6ee5c3ece5042f3cd
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0af3b89705688af01aa06025b84fa7a1e06ba6cc

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